N-Ferrocenylmethyl-2-nitroaniline

Abstract

In the title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C12H11N2O2)], the two cyclopentadienyl (Cp) rings are nearly eclipsed and parallel to each other, the dihedral angle between their mean planes being 2.54 (1)°. One of the Cp rings is substituted by a nitrobenzenamine group, which is essentially perpendicular to the substituted cyclopentadienyl ring, with an N—C(H2)—C—C torsion angle of 89.8 (2)°. Intramolecular N—H...O and N—H...N hydrogen bonds occur. In the crystal, weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds link adjacent molecules.