Hexakis(benzonitrile)ruthenium(II) bis[tetrafluoroborate(1-)]: a precursor to ruthenium organometallic compounds

• Published in: Research on chemical intermediates Vol. 41; no. 6; pp. 3817 - 3823
• Main Authors: Owalude, Samson O., Odebunmi, Ezekiel O., Eke, Uche B., Tella, Adedibu C., Rheingold, Arnold L., Jackson, Randy, Suib, Steven L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.06.2015
• Subjects: Catalysis; Chemistry; Chemistry and Materials Science; Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Reaction intermediate; X-ray crystallography; Spectroscopic analysis; Ruthenium; Benzonitrile
• ISSN: 0922-6168; 1568-5675
• DOI: 10.1007/s11164-013-1491-7

The new compound, [Ru(NCC 6 H 5 ) 6 ][BF 4 ] 2 , has been synthesized by reaction of the polymeric species [{RuCl 2 (COD)} x ] (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene) with benzonitrile under reflux and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, NMR spectroscopic analyses, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The Ru(II) atom is coordinated by six N atoms from six benzonitrile ligands in distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The compound was crystallized in the monoclinic space group P 2 1 / c with unit-cell dimensions a  = 10.7536(11) Å, b  = 18.6582(18) Å, c  = 20.311(2) Å, β = 91.864(2)°, V  = 4073.2(7) Å 3 and final R of 0.0429.