X-ray structure analysis of symmetrically substituted 1,1′-diformyl­ruthenocene

1,1′-Di­formyl­ruthenocene, [Ru(C(6)H(5)O)(2)], crystallizes in the ortho­rhom­bic system in the P2(1)2(1)2(1) space group at room temperature. There are two crystallographically independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The cyclo­penta­dienyl rings have eclipsed configuration. The mol­ecules self-assemble in a two-dimensional structure by C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions with cisoid relative orientations of the two formyl groups. The crystal studied was refined as an inversion twin.