Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m483-m484  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808003978 ]

₃-Carbonato-³O:O':O''-tris{(⁶-benzene)[(R)-1-(1-aminoethyl)naphthyl-²C²,N]ruthenium(II)} hexafluoridophosphate dichloromethane solvate

J.-B. Sortais, L. Brelot, M. Pfeffer and L. Barloy

Abstract: The title compound, [Ru₃(C₁₂H₁₂N)₃(CO₃)(C₆H₆)₃]PF₆·CH₂Cl₂, was obtained unintentionally as the product of an attempted deprotonation of the monomeric parent ruthenium complex [Ru(C₁₂H₁₂N)(C₆H₆)(C₂H₃N)]PF₆. The carbonate ligand bridges three half-sandwich cycloruthenated fragments, each of them exhibiting a pseudo-tetrahedral geometry. The configuration of the Ru atoms is S. The naphthyl groups of the enantiopure cycloruthenated benzylic amine ligands point in the same direction, adopting a propeller shape.

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