title: (η-Benzene){2-[2-(tert-butyl-sulfan-yl)phenyl]pyridine-κN,S}chlorido-ruthenium(II) hexa-fluorido-phosphate.
abstract: In the title compound, [RuCl(C(6)H(6))(C(15)H(17)NS)]PF(6), the cation adopts a three-legged piano-stool structure around the Ru(II) atom with an η(6)-benzene ligand, a chloride ligand and a 2-[2-(tert-butyl-sulfan-yl)phen-yl]pyridine (btppy) ligand. The btppy ligand acts as a N,S-bidentate ligand, forming a six-membered ring, which has an envelope conformation. The S-Ru-N bite angle is 86.76 (9)°, and the dihedral angle between the pyridine and benzene rings in btppy is 39.8 (2)°. The unit cell contains two pairs of racemic diastereomers with (S(Ru),S(S)) and (R(Ru),R(S)) configurations, in which the tert-butyl group on the coordin-ated S atom is distant from the η(6)-benzene ligand.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka 558-8585, Japan.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirotsu
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yogi
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kinoshita