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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Tri-μ-chlorido-bis-[(η-hexa-methyl-benzene)-ruthenium(II)] tetra-chlorido-ferrate(III)
Petr Stěpnička1, Jiří Schulz, Ivana Císařová
1Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Hlavova 2030, 12840 Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
The mol-ecular geometry of the complex cation in the title structure, [(μ-Cl)(3){Ru(II)(η(6)-C(6)Me(6))}(2)][Fe(III)Cl(4)], compares very well with that reported earlier for the corresponding PF(6) (-) salt [Pandey et al. (1999 ▶). J. Organomet. Chem.592, 278-282]. The [FeCl(4)](-) counter ion has a rather regular tetra-hedral geometry with Fe-Cl distances and Cl-Fe-Cl angles in the range 2.1891 (7)-2.2018 (8) Å and 107.10 (3)-110.56 (3)°, respectively. There are no significant inter-molecular inter-actions in the crystal except for some weak C-H⋯Cl contacts, which in turn indicates that the crystal packing is determined predominantly by electrostatic inter-actions between the ionic constituents.
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