title: Dichlorido[1-(2-methyl-benz-yl)-3-(η-2,4,6-trimethyl-benz-yl)-1H-2,3-dihydro-benzimidazol-2-yl-idene]ruthenium(II) dichloro-methane solvate.
abstract: The title complex, [RuCl(2)(C(25)H(26)N(2))]·CH(2)Cl(2), is best thought of as containing an octa-hedrally coordinated Ru center with the arene occupying three sites. Two Ru-Cl bonds and one Ru-carbene bond complete the distorted octa-hedron. The carbene portion of the ligand is a benzimidazole ring. This ring is connected to the C(6)H(2)(CH(3))(3) arene group by a CH(2) bridge. This leads to a system with very little apparent strain. A dichloro-methane solvent mol-ecule completes the crystal structure. Further stabilization is accomplished via C-H⋯N and C-H⋯Cl interactions.
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vanderveer
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yaşar
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Bekir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya