Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m2311-m2313  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805032216 ]

A hybrid bidentate and tridentate ruthenium(II) complex incorporating triazine and polypyridine carbene ligands

E. A. Medlycott, F. Schaper and G. S. Hanan

Abstract: The title compound, (acetonitrile)[4-(4-bromophenyl)-2,6-di-2-pyridyl-1,3,5-triazine](1,3-di-2-pyridyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazolyl)ruthenium(II) bis(hexafluorophosphate) acetonitrile hemisolvate [Ru(C₂H₃N)(C₁₉H₁₂BrN₅)(C₁₃H₁₀N₄)](PF₆)₂·0.5C₂H₃N, was synthesized incorporating a tridentate triazine-based ligand and a bidentate carbene-based polypyridine ligand. Bidentate coordination is favoured due to steric strain enforced by the five-membered ring in the carbene ligand, leaving one uncoordinated pyridyl ring. An acetonitrile molecule completes the distorted octahedral geometry.

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