Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m256  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807066858 ]

(⁶-Benzene)(2,2'-bipyridine-²N,N')chloridoruthenium(II) chloride methanol sesquisolvate

M. I. J. Polson

Abstract: In the title compound, [RuCl(C₆H₆)(C₁₀H₈N₂)]Cl·1.5CH₄O, the Ru^II atom is in a distorted octahedral environment coordinated by an ⁶-benzene ring, a chelating 2,2'-bipyridine ligand and a chloride ion. The asymmetric unit is completed by a chloride anion and two methanol molecules, one of which is disordered about a centre of inversion with an occupancy of 0.5. It is an example of a ruthenium complex with a less sterically congested environment than in similar derivatives. In the crystal structure, O-HCl hydrogen bonds, together with - stacking interactions [centroid-centroid distances of 3.472Å(2) Å], stabilize the structure.

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