Part 9
Synthesis and Crystal Structure of Tris[2-(2-imidazolinyl)phenolato]ruthenium(III)
2020 Volume 36 Pages 33-34
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2020 Volume 36 Pages 33-34
The crystal structure of the Ru(III) complex with 2-(2-imidazolinyl)phenolate was determined by X-ray crystallography. The title compound was synthesized by a reaction of RuCl3·nH2O and 2-(2-imidazolinyl)phenolate in ethanol. The compound crystallized in the monoclinic space group P21/c and Z = 4 with cell parameters a = 10.2053(18)Å, b = 33.277(6)Å, c = 8.8733(15)Å, β = 113.904(3)°, V = 2754.9(8)Å3. The R1 [I > 2σ(I)] and wR2 (all data) values are 0.0711 and 0.1487, respectively, for all 6316 independent reflections. The title compound was found to take a meridional configuration. In the crystal, a centrosymmetric dimer structure was formed by intermolecular hydrogen-bonds between the coordinating phenolate-O atom (O2) of a ligand and a noncoordinating N–H bond (N5–H5A) in the symmetry equivalent ligand.
