Acta Cryst. (2011). E67, m99-m100  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536810051962 ]

Dichlorido(⁶-p-cymene)(4-fluoroaniline-N)ruthenium(II)

R. E. Sykora, A. G. Harris, J. W. Clements and N. W. Hoffman

Abstract: The title compound, [RuCl₂(C₁₀H₁₄)(C₆H₆FN)], a pseudo-octahedral d⁶ complex, has the expected piano-stool geometry around the Ru(II) atom. The fluoroaniline ring forms a dihedral angle of 19.3 (2)° with the p-cymene ring. In the crystal, two molecules form an inversion dimer via a pair of N-HCl hydrogen bonds. Weak intermolecular C-HCl interactions involving the p-cymene ring consolidate the crystal packing.

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