Acta Crystallographica Section E (Dec 2010)

(η5-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)(η6-4-phenylbutan-2-one)ruthenium(II) tetraphenylborate

  • Bradley T. Loughrey,
  • Michael L. Williams,
  • Peter C. Healy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536810046064
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 66, no. 12
pp. m1564 – m1564

Abstract

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The title compound, [Ru(C10H15)(C10H12O)][B(C6H5)4], crystallizes as discrete (η5-pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)Ru(η6-4-phenylbutan-2-one)]+ cations and [BPh4]− anions. In the cation, the non-H atoms of the butan-2-one group are approximately planar (r.m.s. deviation = 0.056 Å) and lie nearly perpendicular to the plane of the phenyl ring with a dihedral angle between the two planes of 69.3 (1)°. No significant C—H...O interactions are observed between the methyl and phenyl H atoms and the carbonyl O atom.