title: Crystal structure of (μ-4-hy-droxy-benzene-thiol-ato-κ(2) S:S)bis-(μ-phenyl-methane-thiol-ato-κ(2) S:S)bis-[(η(6)-1-isopropyl-4-methyl-benzene)-ruthenium(II)] tetra-fluorido-borate.
abstract: The crystal structure of the dinuclear arene ruthenium title complex, [Ru2(C6H5OS)(C7H7S)2(C10H14)2]BF4, shows the two Ru(II) atoms to be bridged by two benzyl-thio-pheno-late units and one 4-hy-droxy-thio-pheno-late unit, with the remaining three coordination sites of each Ru(II) atom being occupied by p-cymene ligands, completing the typical piano-stool coordination geometry. The BF4 (-) counter-anion is surrounded by four cationic dinuclear complexes, showing an O-H⋯F hydrogen bond and several weak C-H⋯F inter-actions. This is the first example of an X-ray analysis of a mixed dinuclear tri-thiol-ate arene ruthenium(II) complex.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stíbal
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Süss-Fink
authors.affiliation: Institut de Chimie, Université de Neuchâtel, Avenue de Bellevaux 51, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Therrien
keywords: crystal structure; piano-stool coordination geometry; ruthenium complex; thiol­ate ligands