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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
A ruthenium(II) complex with p-cymene and (S)-2-(anilinomethyl)pyrrolidine
Aitali1, El Firdoussi L, Karim
1Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination, Faculte des Sciences Semlalia, BP 2390 Marrakech, Morocco.
Abstract:
The title compound, [(S)-2-(anilinomethyl)pyrrolidine-N, N']-chloro(eta(6)-para-cymene)ruthenium(II) chloride, [RuCl-(C(10)H(14))(C(11)H(16)N(2))]Cl, has been synthesized by the reaction of [RuCl(2)(p-cymene)](2) (p-cymene is para-isopropyltoluene) with (S)-2-(anilinomethyl)pyrrolidine in triethylamine/2-propanol. The Ru atom is in a pseudo-tetrahedral environment coordinated by a chloride ligand, the aromatic hydrocarbon is linked in a eta(6) manner and the amine is linked via its two N atoms. The chloride anion is involved in hydrogen bonding with the diamine moieties through N-H.Cl interactions, with N.Cl distances of 3.273 (4) and 3.352 (4) A.
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