Crystal structure of [1,3-bis-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazolidin-2-yl-idene]di-chlorido-(2-{[(2-methoxyeth-yl)(meth-yl)amino]-meth-yl}benzyl-idene)ruth-en-ium

Gunay Z Mammadova; Zeliha Atioğlu; Mehmet Akkurt; Mikhail S Grigoriev; Nikita S Volchkov; Asmet N Azizova; Ajaya Bhattarai; Alexandra S Antonova

doi:10.1107/S2056989023010381

Crystal structure of [1,3-bis-(2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl)imidazolidin-2-yl-idene]di-chlorido-(2-{[(2-methoxyeth-yl)(meth-yl)amino]-meth-yl}benzyl-idene)ruth-en-ium

Acta Crystallogr E Crystallogr Commun. 2024 Jan 1;80(Pt 1):50-53. doi: 10.1107/S2056989023010381.

Authors

Gunay Z Mammadova¹, Zeliha Atioğlu², Mehmet Akkurt³, Mikhail S Grigoriev⁴, Nikita S Volchkov⁵, Asmet N Azizova⁶, Ajaya Bhattarai⁷, Alexandra S Antonova⁵

Affiliations

¹ Organic Chemistry Department, Baku State University, Z. Xalilov Str. 23, Az 1148 Baku, Azerbaijan.
² Department of Aircraft Electrics and Electronics, School of Applied Sciences, Cappadocia University, Mustafapaşa, 50420 Ürgüp, Nevşehir, Türkiye.
³ Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Erciyes University, 38039 Kayseri, Türkiye.
⁴ Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky pr. 31, bld. 4, Moscow 119071, Russian Federation.
⁵ Organic Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, RUDN University, Miklukho-Maklaya St., 6, Moscow 117198, Russian Federation.
⁶ Department of Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds, Scientific Research Center, Azerbaijan Medical University, Samed Vurgun St. 167, Az 1022 Baku, Azerbaijan.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, M.M.A.M.C (Tribhuvan University) Biratnagar, Nepal.

Abstract

The title compound, [RuCl₂(C₃₃H₄₃N₃O)], is an example of a new generation of N,N-dialkyl ruthenium catalysts with an N-Ru coordination bond as part of a six-membered chelate ring. The Ru atom has an Addison τ parameter of 0.244, which indicates a geometry inter-mediate between square-based pyramidal and trigonal-bipyramidal. The complex shows the usual trans arrangement of the two chlorides, with Ru-Cl bond lengths of 2.3515 (8) and 2.379 (7) Å, and a Cl-Ru-Cl angle of 158.02 (3)°. One of the chlorine atoms and the atoms of the 2-meth-oxy-N-methyl-N-[(2-methyl-phen-yl)meth-yl]ethane-1-amine group of the title complex display disorder over two positions in a 0.889 (2): 0.111 (2) ratio.

Keywords: Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst; crystal structure; olefin metathesis; ruthenium catalyst.

Grants and funding

Funding for this research was provided by the Russian Science Foundation (award No. 22-23-00490).