Crystal structure of (1,7,8,9-η-Bicyclo[5,2,0]nona-1(7),2,5,8-tetraen-4-one)tricarbonyliron(0)

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound, [Fe(CO)₃(C₉H₆O)], has been determined from single-crystal X-ray diffraction data at 295 K and refined by full-matrix least squares to a residual of 0.039 (2160 'observed' reflections). Crystals are monoclinic, P2₁/c, a 9.326(5), b 12.293(5), c 10.342(4) Ǻ, β 115.77(3)°, Z 4. The iron atom is symmetrically bound to the four atoms of the cyclobutadiene ring (<Fe- C> 2.05₅ Ǻ).