Acta Cryst. (2005). E61, m2572-m2574  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536805036238 ]

mer-(2,2'-Bipyridine)trichloro(tetramethylene sulfoxide)ruthenium(III) dichloromethane solvate

R. S. Srivastava and F. R. Fronczek

Abstract: The title compound, mer-[RuCl₃(C₁₀H₈N₂)(C₄H₈OS)]·CH₂Cl₂ or mer-[RuCl₃(bpy)(TMSO)]·CH₂Cl₂, has the TMSO ligand coordinated through the S atom, with an Ru-S distance of 2.3042 (7) Å. The Ru-Cl distances are in the range 2.3324 (7)-2.3649 (8) Å, with the longest trans to N. The solvent molecule is ordered.

Online 10 November 2005

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