Crystal structure ofcis,fac-{N,N-bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]methylamine-κ3N,N′,N′′}dichlorido(dimethyl sulfoxide-κS)ruthenium(II)

Abstract

The reaction of dichloridotetrakis(dimethyl sulfoxide)ruthenium(II) withN,N-bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]methylamine affords the title complex, [RuCl2(C13H15N3)(C2H6OS)]. The asymmetric unit contains a well-ordered complex molecule. TheN,N-bis[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl]methylamine (bpma) ligand binds the cation through its two pyridyl N atoms and one aliphatic N atom in a facial manner. The coordination sphere of the low-spind6RuIIis distorted octahedral. The dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso) ligand coordinates to the cation through its S atom and iscisto the aliphatic N atom. The two chloride ligands occupy the remaining sites. The bpma ligand is folded with the dihedral angle between the mean planes passing through its two pyridine rings being 64.55 (8)°. The two N—Ru—N bite angles of the ligand at 81.70 (7) and 82.34 (8)° illustrate the distorted octahedral coordination geometry of the RuIIcation. Two neighboring molecules are weakly associated through mutual intermolecular hydrogen bonding involving the O atom and one of the methyl groups of the dmso ligand. One of the chloride ligands is also weakly hydrogen bonded to a pyridyl H atom of another molecule.