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Acta Cryst. (2006). E62, m2916-m2918 [ doi:10.1107/S1600536806041146 ]

(-Diphenylphosphido-P:P)--hydrido-(-4-hydroxybenzenethiolato-²S:S)bis[(⁶-hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium(II)] tetrafluoroborate

M.J.-L. Tschan, F. Chérioux, B. Therrien, L. Karmazin-Brelot and G. Süss-Fink

Abstract: The new triple-bridged dinuclear cation [( [eta] ⁶-C₆Me₆)₂Ru₂( [mu] ₂-p-S-C₆H₄-OH)( [mu] ₂-PPh₂)( [mu] ₂-H)]⁺, isolated and characterized as the tetrafluoroborate salt, was prepared by reacting the precursor [( [eta] ⁶-C₆Me₆)₂Ru₂( [mu] ₂-H)₂( [mu] ₂-PPh₂)](BF₄) and p-hydroxythiophenol in refluxing ethanol. The single-crystal X-ray structure analysis of [( [eta] ⁶-C₁₂H₁₈)₂Ru₂( [mu] ₂-S-C₆H₄-OH)( [mu] ₂-H){ [mu] ₂-P(C₆H₅)₂}](BF₄) shows the formation of the meso form; despite the two stereogenic centres the complex is not chiral.

Online 13 October 2006

(-Diphenylphosphido-P:P)--hydrido-(-4-hydroxybenzenethiolato-2S:S)bis[(6-hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium(II)] tetrafluoroborate

M.J.-L. Tschan, F. Chérioux, B. Therrien, L. Karmazin-Brelot and G. Süss-Fink

(-Diphenylphosphido-P:P)--hydrido-(-4-hydroxybenzenethiolato-²S:S)bis[(⁶-hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium(II)] tetrafluoroborate