title: trans-diacetonitrilebis(di-2-pyridyl sulfide-N,N')ruthenium(II) bis(tetrafluoroborate) monohydrate.
abstract: The title complex, [Ru(C10H8N2S)2(CH3CN)2](BF4)2*H2O, is the product of the solvolysis of [Ru(dps-N,N)2(dps-N,S)](PF(6))2 (dps is di-2-pyridyl sulfide) in the presence of HBF4 in acetone-acetonitrile at room temperature. There are two independent cations, with the Ru atoms on inversion centres; each Ru atom has an octahedral geometry with the dps molecules behaving as N,N'-bidentate ligands and assuming a trans arrangement.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica Chimica Analitica e Chimica Fisica, Universitá degli Studi di Messina, Via Salita Sperone 31, I-98166 Vill. Sant'Agata, Messina, Italy. bruno@chem.unime.it
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bruno
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nicoló
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tresoldi
authors.forename: Santo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lanza