A paramagnetic precursor for polymeric supramolecular assemblies based on multiply bonded dimetal units: μ-acetato-acetonitriletris-(μ-N,N′- diphenylformamidinato)-diruthenium tetrafluoroborate dichloromethane hemisolvate

Panagiotis Angaridis, F. Albert Cotton, Carlos A. Murillo, Xiao Ping Wang

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Abstract

The title compound, [Ru2(C13H11N 2)3(C2H3O2)(C 2H3N)]BF4-0.5CH2Cl2 or [Ru2(μ-DPhF)3(μ-O2CMe)(MeCN)]BF 4·0.5CH2-Cl2, where DPhF is N,N′-diphenylformamidinate, crystallized as dark-blue block-shaped crystals. In the unit cell, the diruthenium cation lies on a general position, and the BF4- anions reside on two independent special positions with crystallographic twofold symmetry. Disorder was observed for one of the phenyl groups in the formamidinate ligand, the axial acetonitrile molecule and the interstitial dichloromethane molecule. The compound, which exhibits a long Ru-Ru bond of 2.4131 (5) Å, is the first {Ru 2}5+ formamidinate species that is both equatorially and axially functionalized so that it can be used as a precursor for polymeric paramagnetic supramolecular assemblies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)m71-m73
JournalActa Crystallographica Section C: Crystal Structure Communications
Volume61
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2005
Externally publishedYes

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