(Benzyl-diphenyl-phosphane-1κP)[μ-bis(diphenylphosphan-yl)methane-2:3κ(2) P:P']nona-carbonyl-1κ(3) C,2κ(3) C,3κ(3) C-triangulo-triruthenium(0)

Omar Bin Shawkataly; Imthyaz Ahmed Khan; Siti Syaida Sirat; Mohd Mustaqim Rosli

doi:10.1107/S1600536814015475

(Benzyl-diphenyl-phosphane-1κP)[μ-bis(diphenylphosphan-yl)methane-2:3κ(2) P:P']nona-carbonyl-1κ(3) C,2κ(3) C,3κ(3) C-triangulo-triruthenium(0)

Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online. 2014 Jul 11;70(Pt 8):m293-4. doi: 10.1107/S1600536814015475. eCollection 2014 Aug 1.

Authors

Omar Bin Shawkataly¹, Imthyaz Ahmed Khan², Siti Syaida Sirat¹, Mohd Mustaqim Rosli³

Affiliations

¹ Chemical Sciences Programme, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.
² Department of Chemistry, Gokhale Centenary College, Ankola 581 314, NK, Karnataka, India.
³ X-Ray Crystallography Unit, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 USM, Penang, Malaysia.

Abstract

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [Ru3(C19H17P)(C25H22P2)(CO)9], consists of two independent mol-ecules. The bis-(di-phenyl-phosphan-yl)methane ligand bridges an Ru-Ru bond and the benzyl-diphenyl-phosphane ligand binds to the third Ru atom. The Ru-Ru bond cis to the benzyl-diphenyl-phosphane ligand is the longest of the three Ru-Ru bonds in both mol-ecules. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked by C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming layers parallel to the ac plane. C-H⋯π contacts further stabilize the crystal packing.

Keywords: crystal structure.