title: N-(2-Ferrocenylethyl-idene)-4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)aniline.
abstract: The title compound, [Fe(C(5)H(5))(C(13)H(9)F(3)N)], was prepared by a condensation reaction from ferrocenylcarbaldehyde and 4-(trifluoro-meth-yl)aniline. The cyclo-penta-dienyl (Cp) rings are coplanar [dihedral angle = 1.4 (3)°] and the imine function is situated in the same plane. The aromatic substituent is bent out of the plane of the Cp ring to which the imine group is attached by 44.5 (4)°. The F atoms of the trifluoro-methyl substituent are disordered [occupancies 0.52 (2)/0.48 (2)].
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University, August-Bebel-Strasse 2, 07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Imhof