Research Article: Chlorido(chloro­diphenyl­phosphine-κP)(diphenyl­piperidinophosphine-κP)(η5-penta­methyl­cyclo­penta­dien­yl)ruthenium(II)

Date Published: August 01, 2009

Publisher: International Union of Crystallography

Author(s): Florian Jantscher, Karl Kirchner, Kurt Mereiter.

http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809027676

Abstract

The title compound, [Ru(C10H15)Cl(C12H10ClP)(C17H20NP)], is a half-sandwich complex of RuII with the chloro­diphenyl­phosphine ligand formed from the diphenyl­piperidinophosphine and chlorine of the precursor complex [Ru(η5-C5Me5)(κ1P—Ph2PNC5H10)Cl2] by an unexpected reaction with NaBH4. The complex has a three-legged piano-stool geometry, with Ru—P bond lengths of 2.2598 (5) Å for the chloro­phosphine and 2.3303 (5) Å for the amino­phosphine.

Partial Text

For general background to the reaction of half-sandwich ruthenium amino­phosphine complexes with diynes, see: Pavlik et al. (2006 ▶). For the unexpected formation and the crystal structure of a related Ru chloro­diphenyl­phosphine complex, see: Torres-Lubia et al. (1999 ▶). For the unexpected formation of another Mn chloro­diphenyl­phosphine complex, see: Liu et al. (1995 ▶). For the preparation of [Ru(Cp*)Cl2]2, see: Oshima et al. (1984 ▶).

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http://doi.org/10.1107/S1600536809027676