Da. Foucher et al., THE FIRST UNSYMMETRICALLY SUBSTITUTED RING-TILTED SILICON-BRIDGED [1]FERROCENOPHANE, Acta crystallographica. Section C, Crystal structure communications, 51, 1995, pp. 580-582
The structure analysis of the title compound, (1,1'-ferrocenediyl)meth
ylphenylsilane, [Fe(C17H16Si)], is the first such study of an unsymmet
rically substituted silicon-bridged [1]ferrocenophane. The strain pres
ent in this molecule results in a tilting of the cyclopentadienyl ring
s by 21.0 (2)degrees from being parallel.