Bis(4-ferrocenylbenzoato-κO)tetrakis(methanol-κO)cadmium(II)

The complete molecule of the title compound, [CdFe2(C5H5)(2)(C12H8O2)(2)(CH4O)(4)], is generated by crystallographic twofold symmetry, with the Cd atom lying on the rotation axis. The Cd atom is coordinated by the O atoms of the four methanol molecules and by the O atoms of the two carboxylate anions (the latter in cis geometry), resulting in a distorted CdO6 octahedron. The phenylene ring is almost coplanar with its adjacent cyclopentadienyl ring [dihedral angle = 8.2 (2)degrees]. The uncoordinated carboxylate O atom acts as acceptor to two O-H center dot center dot center dot O hydrogen bonds from the methanol molecules, giving rise to a layered network.