(4-{[(Pyridin-4-yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl)ferrocene

Vincent O Nyamori,Godfrey Keru,Bernard Omondi

doi:10.1107/s1600536812047812

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Abstract

The asymetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C17H13N2)], contains two independent molecules whose conformations differ, especially in the 4-{(pyridin-4-yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl unit where one is flipped by almost 180°. The cyclopentadienyl rings of the ferrocene unit also exhibit different staggered conformations: in one molecule the conformation is staggered by 9.43 (2)° and in the other by 24.46 (1)° from an ideal eclipsed geometry. The plane of the benzene ring is tilted away from the ferrocene group in both molecules, with dihedral angles of 6.97 (1) and 10.30 (2)°. The benzene ring is also slightly twisted from the plane of the pyridine ring, with dihedral angles of 5.98 (2) and 6.51 (2)° in the two molecules.

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The asymetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C17H13N2)], contains two independent molecules whose conformations differ, especially in the 4-{(pyridin-4yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl unit where one is flipped by almost 180
The benzene ring is slightly twisted from the plane of the pyridine ring, with dihedral angles of 5.98 (2) and 6.51 (2) in the two molecules
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The asymetric unit of the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C17H13N2)], contains two independent molecules whose conformations differ, especially in the 4-{(pyridin-4yl)methylidene]amino}phenyl unit where one is flipped by almost 180. The cyclopentadienyl rings of the ferrocene unit exhibit different staggered conformations: in one molecule the conformation is staggered by 9.43 (2) and in the other by 24.46 (1) from an ideal eclipsed geometry. The plane of the benzene ring is tilted away from the ferrocene group in both molecules, with dihedral angles of 6.97 (1) and 10.30 (2). The benzene ring is slightly twisted from the plane of the pyridine ring, with dihedral angles of 5.98 (2) and 6.51 (2) in the two molecules. Crystal data [Fe(C5H5)(C17H13N2)] Mr = 366.23 Monoclinic, P21 a = 10.7200 (3) Ab = 7.4015 (2) Ac = 20.8517 (6) A = 93.044 (1)

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