Bis(acetonitrile-N)(o-benzoquinone diimine-N,N′)-trans-bis(triphenyl-phosphine-P)ruthenium(II) bis(hexa-fluorophosphate) methanol solvate

Abstract

© 2000 International Union of Crystallography.The title complex, [Ru(C2H3N)2(C6H6N2)(C18H15P)2](PF6)2.-CH4O, is the third of a series of ruthenium complexes containing two triphenylphosphine groups in a trans arrangement, o-benzoquinone diimine and two other non-redox active ligands to been characterized. The effect of electron donor-acceptor properties of the two non-redox active ligands does not change the quinone arrangement for the o-benzoquinone diimine ligand, as can be seen from the bond distances of the quinone ring. The asymmetric unit contains half a molecule of complex cation (on a twofold rotation axis), one hexafluorophosphate anion and half a molecule of methanol in a general position close to a twofold rotation axis.