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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Tris(1,10-phenanthroline-κ(2) N,N')ruthenium(II) bis-(perchlorate)
Mariana Kozlowska1, Pawel Rodziewicz, Diana Malgorzata Brus
1Institute of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Hurtowa 1, 15-399 Bialystok, Poland.
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ru(C12H8N2)3](ClO4)2, contains one octahedrally coordinated Ru(II) cation of the ruthenium-phenanthroline complex and three differently occupied perchlorate anions: two, denoted A and B, are located on the twofold axis while another, denoted C, is positioned in the proximity of the twofold screw axis. Perchlorate anions B and C are severely disordered. The occupancies of the two major conformers of anion B refined to 0.302 (6) and 0.198 (6). Perchlorate ion C was modeled in two alternate conformations which refined to occupancies of 0.552 (10) and 0.448 (10).
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