(E)-1-Ferrocenyl-3-(4-methoxy-phen-yl)-prop-2-en-1-one

Abstract

In the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C15H13O2)], a conjugated substituent group bridges a five-membered 5-C5H4 ring and a benzene ring. In the ferrocene unit, the substituted (Cps) and unsubstituted (Cp) cyclo-penta-dienyl rings are eclipsed and almost parallel [Cps - Fe - Cps angle = 176.1 (2)°]. The mol-ecule is linked into an S(5) motif via intra-molecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The mol-ecules are arranged into a three-dimensional framework by five inter-molecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds and one inter-molecular C - H⋯π(Cps) inter-action.