title: Dicarbon-yl[4-(2,6-dimethyl-phenyl-amino)-pent-3-en-2-onato-κ(2)N,O]rhodium(I).
abstract: In the title compound, [Rh(C(13)H(16)NO)(CO)(2)], a square-planar coordination geometry is observed around the Rh(I) atom, formed by the N and O atoms of the bidentate ligand and two C atoms from two carbonyl ligands. The Rh(I) atom is displaced from the plane through these surrounding atoms by 0.0085 (2) Å. The dihedral angle between the benzene ring and the N-C-C-C-O plane is 89.82 (6)°, and the N-Rh-O bite angle for the bidentate ligand is 90.53 (6)°. An inter-molecular C-H⋯O inter-action is observed between a methyl group of the benzene ring and a carbonyl O atom.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Gertruida J S
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Venter
authors.forename: Gideon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steyl
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roodt