Acta Crystallographica Section E (Mar 2010)

Hexakis(acetonitrile-κN)ruthenium(II) bis(hexabromocarbadodecaborate) acetonitrile solvate

  • Anna Larsen,
  • Emil Lobkovsky,
  • Shawn Eady,
  • Jason Diaz,
  • Joshua Masland

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810006252
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 3
pp. m325 – m326

Abstract

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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.