Acta Cryst. (2013). E69, m659-m660
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536813029450 ]
Abstract: In the title compound, [RuCl(C18H15P)(C26H31N2OP)](CF3O3S)·2C3H6O, the RuII ion is coordinated in a three-legged piano stool, half-sandwich-type geometry by a chlorido ligand, a triphenylphosphine and a tethered 6-(phenyl-p-O-methoxy) 1-P N-diphenylphosphino N'-diisopropyl amidine ligand charge-balanced by a trifluormethansulfonate counter-anion. The 6-coordination mode of the arene incorporated into the structure was generated in situ after addition of methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate to the neutral 5-arene tethered precursor complex [RuCl(PPh3)(5:1-OC6H4C(NiPr2)=N-PPh2)] in dichloromethane solution.
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