Molecular rutheniumcomplexesarecurrentlyusedascatalysts to
promote avariety of reactions with novel activation routes.
Coordination and organometallic complexes of rutheniumhave
unfolded wide possibilities for acollection of catalytic organic
processes, taking advantages of the development in the
In the title compound, [RuCl2(C6H14N2)(C28H28P2)].CH2Cl2, the RuII ion is coordinated in a slightly distorted octahedral environment, formed by two cis-oriented chloride ligands, two cis P atoms of a 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)butane ligand and two cis-chelating N atoms of a bidentate cyclohexane-1,2-diamine ligand. In the crystal, pairs of molecules form inversion dimers via N-H Cl hydrogen bonds. In addition, intramolecular N-H Cl and weak C-H Cl, C-H N, N-H and C-H hydrogen bonds are observed. One of the Cl atoms of the solvent molecule is disordered over two sites with refined occupancies of 0.62 (1) and 0.38 (1).