2-Ferrocenyl-N-(6-methyl-2-pyridyl)benzamide

The title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C18H15N2O)], a product of the reaction of 2-ferrocenylbenzoic acid and 2-amino-6-methylpyridine, crystallizes with two dissimilar molecules in the asymmetric unit. In one molecule, the picoline amide group is directed away from the 2-ferrocenylbenzene moiety (anti) whereas in the other, these are proximate (syn). In the crystal structure, molecules aggregate into dimers via cyclic, asymmetric N—H...N interactions with graph set R22(8), and are further augmented via intramolecular C—H...O=C and interdimer C—H...π(arene) interactions. Dimers are linked into chains along the [102] direction via weak C—H...O hydrogen bonds.