Abstract
The crystal structure of (2,2′-bipyridine-N,N′)(diphenyl-2-phosphinopyridine-P)-chloro(dicarbonyl)ruthenium(II) hexafluorophosphate ([Ru(bpy)(dppy)(CO)2Cl]PF6; bpy = 2,2′-bipyridine, dppy = diphenyl-2-phosphinopyridine) has been determined by X-ray diffraction. This compound crystallizes in a monoclinic system, space group P21/n, with the following unit cell parameters: a = 10.237(1), b = 18.754(2), c = 16.566(2)Å, β = 106.257(4)°, Z = 4, V = 3053.3(5)Å3. The crystal structure was solved by the Patterson method and refined on F2 by full-matrix least squares to final values of R = 0.046 and Rw = 0.079 with 6879 reflections (all data). The dppy ligand coordinates only to the ruthenium center through the phosphorus atom. The pyridyl ring in the three aromatic rings of the dppy directs toward the plane including the terminal carbonyl ligands.
