Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, m2838-m2840  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806039869 ]

Dichloro(⁶-p-cymene)(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)

M. R. J. Elsegood, M. B. Smith and N. M. Sanchez-Ballester

Abstract: The title compound, [Ru(C₁₀H₁₄)Cl₂(C₁₈H₁₅P)], crystallizes with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. It adopts the classic pseudo-tetrahedral piano-stool structure. A comparison of the Ru-P, Ru-Cl, Ru-C(av) bond lengths and the sum of the P-Ru-Cl1, P-Ru-Cl2 and Cl1-Ru-Cl2 angles (for both independent molecules) with those of previously determined compounds [(⁶-arene)Ru(PPh₃)Cl₂] reveals that the nature of the ⁶-arene ligand has a marginal effect on these structural parameters.

Online 7 October 2006

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