[μ-Bis(di-o-tolylphosphanyl)methane-1:2κ2P:P′]nonacarbonyl-1κ3C,2κ3C,3κ3C-[diphenyl(phenylsulfanylmethyl)phosphane-3κP]-triangulo-triruthenium(0) dichloromethane 0.25-solvate

• Main Authors: Omar bin Shawkataly, Imthyaz Ahmed Khan, H. A. Hafiz Malik, Chin Sing Yeap, Hoong-Kun Fun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Union of Crystallography 2011-02-01
• Series: Acta Crystallographica Section E
• Online Access: http://scripts.iucr.org/cgi-bin/paper?S160053681100081X

In the title compound, [Ru3(C29H30P2)(C19H17PS)(CO)9]·0.25CH2Cl2, the atoms of the dichloromethane solvent molecule have a fractional site occupancy of 0.25; the dichloromethane molecule is disordered about an inversion centre. The bis(di-o-tolylphosphanyl)methane ligand bridges an Ru—Ru bond and the monodentate phosphane ligand bonds to the third Ru atom; its S-bonded phenyl ring is disordered over two orientations in a 0.53 (4):0.47 (4) ratio. All the P atoms are equatorial with respect to the Ru3 triangle: each Ru atom also bears one equatorial and two axial terminal carbonyl ligands. The dihedral angles between the two benzene rings attached to each P atom of the diphenylphosphanyl ligand are 68.4 (2) and 71.5 (2)°. In the crystal, molecules are linked into [001] chains via intermolecular C—H...O hydrogen bonds. Weak intermolecular C—H...π interactions also occur.