Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1511-m1512  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808036039 ]

Azido(1,1-diphenylmethanimine-N)[hydridotris(pyrazolyl-N²)borato](triphenylphosphine-P)ruthenium(II) diethyl ether solvate

C.-H. Lin, T.-S. Kuo, H.-C. Tong, C.-Y. Chen Hsu and Y.-H. Lo

Abstract: The reaction of [RuCl(C₉H₁₀BN₆)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂] with benzophenone imine in methanol, in the presence of sodium azide, leads to the formation of the title compound, [Ru(C₉H₁₀BN₆)(N₃)(HN=CPh₂)(C₁₈H₁₅P)]·C₄H₁₀O, which crystallizes as the diethyl ether solvate. In the crystal structure, the Ru atom is coordinated by three N atoms of one hydridotris(pyrazoly)borate anion, one P atom of one triphenylphosphine ligand, one N atom of the azide anion and one N atom of the benzophenoneimine ligand in a slightly distorted octahedral geometry. The azide anion is almost linear [177.0 (5)°], with an Ru-N-N angle of 125.9 (3)°. There is a small difference between the N-N distances [1.200 (5) and 1.164 (5) Å], the longer bond being adjacent to the Ru atom.

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