Acta Crystallographica Section E (Jan 2008)

cis-cis-trans-Bis(acetonitrile-κN)dichloridobis(triphenylphosphine-κP)ruthenium(II) acetonitrile disolvate

  • Ahmad M. Al-Far,
  • LeGrande M. Slaughter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536807065968
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 64, no. 1
pp. m184 – m184

Abstract

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The title compound, [RuCl2(C2H3N)2(C18H15P)2]·2C2H3N, was obtained upon stirring an acetonitrile/ethanol solution of [RuCl2(PPh3)3]. In the crystal structure, each RuII ion is coordinated by two Cl [Ru—Cl = 2.4308 (7) and 2.4139 (7) Å], two N [Ru—N = 2.016 (2) and 2.003 (2) Å], and two P [Ru—P = 2.3688 (7) and 2.3887 (7) Å] atoms in a distorted octahedral geometry. Packing interactions include typical C—H...π contacts involving phenyl groups as well as weak hydrogen bonds between CH3CN methyl H atoms and Cl or solvent CH3CN N atoms.