organic compounds
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The title compound, C28H30N2, is a symmetrical 2:2 product from the condensation of indole and cyclohexanone. It is the only reported 5,11-dihydroindolo[3,2-b]carbazole compound in which the spiro atoms are quaternary C atoms. Crystals were grown by vapor diffusion in a three-zone electric furnace. The molecule resides on a crystallographic inversion center. The cyclohexyl rings are in a slightly distorted chair conformation, whereas the indole units and the spiro-carbons are coplanar within 0.014 Å.
metal-organic compounds
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The title compound, [Fe(C5H5)(C17H16N3O2)], crystallizes with an essentially eclipsed conformation of the cyclopentadienyl (Cp) rings. The unsubstituted ring is disordered over two positions with the major component being present 90 (1)% of the time. The substituted Cp ring, the pyrazole ring and three atoms of the ethoxycarbonyl group form a conjugated π-system. These 13 atoms are coplanar within 0.09 Å.