Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1568  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808037689 ]

(⁵-Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)(⁶-p-toluenesulfonamide)ruthenium(II) tetraphenylborate

B. T. Loughrey, M. L. Williams, S.-A. Poulsen and P. C. Healy

Abstract: The crystal structure of the title compound, [Ru(C₁₀H₁₅)(C₇H₉NO₂S)]C₂₄H₂₀B, has been determined as part of our investigation into the structural and biological properties of organometallic Ru^II-arene-Cp* complex salts of the type [R-PhRuCp*]⁺·X^- (where Cp* is pentamethylcyclopentadiene). Tethering the RuCp* group to the benzene ring of p-toluenesulfonamide results in only minor changes to the molecular geometry of the sulfonamide, but, together with crystallization as the [BPh₄]^- salt, effectively blocks involvement of the sulfonamide group in N-HO hydrogen-bonding networks.

Online 20 November 2008

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