Acta Crystallographica Section E (Mar 2010)
Hexakis(acetonitrile-κN)ruthenium(II) bis(hexabromocarbadodecaborate) acetonitrile solvate
Abstract
The title compound, [Ru(NCCH3)6](CH6B11Br6)2·CH3CN, consists of the 'naked' ruthenium(II) cation surrounded by six acetonitrile molecules, each coordinated via the nitrogen atoms in a linear or nearly-linear fashion in a typical octahedral over-all arrangement. The cation is balanced by the two hexa-bromocarborane cage anionic fragments [CB11H6Br6]. Weak C—H...Br and B—H...Br interactions link neighboring anions.