Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1851-m1852  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807023975 ]

Chlorido(⁶-p-cymene)[6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2'-bipyridine]ruthenium(II) chloride chloroform solvate

H.-F. Zhou, Z.-Q. Bian, Z.-W. Liu, C.-H. Huang and Y.-L. Zhao

Abstract: The title compound, [RuCl(C₁₀H₁₄)(C₁₆H₁₂N₂O)]Cl·CHCl₃, has been synthesized by the reaction of [RuCl₂(p-cymene)]₂ with 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2'-bipyridine in acetonitrile. The Ru^II cation is in a pseudo-octahedral environment formed by a chloride anion, a cymene molecule (with an ⁶ coordination mode) and a chelating 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2'-bipyridine ligand. The other chloride anion is uncoordinated but links with the complex via O-HCl hydrogen bonding. The two methyl groups of the isopropyl group are disordered over two positions in approximately a 0.7:0.3 ratio.

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