Crystal structure of [1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)benzene]heptacarbonyldi-μ-hydrido-(μ3-2,4,6-trimethylphenylphosphinidene)-triangulo-triruthenium

Abstract

The title trinuclear ruthenium cluster, [Ru3(C30H24P2)(C9H11P)(CO)7(μ-H)2], has a triangular Ru3core that is capped with a mesitylphosphinidene ligand, μ3-PMes (Mes = mesityl = 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl). The 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)benzene molecule acts as a bidentate phosphine ligandviatwo P atoms connecting to a single Ru atom. The title compound crystallizes with two independent molecules in the asymmetric unit.