Undecacarbonyl-1κ3 C,2κ4 C,34 C-[tris-(3-chlorophenyl)phosphine-1κP]-triangulo-triruthenium(0)

Abstract

In the title triangulo-triruthenium compound, [Ru3(C 18H12Cl3P)(CO)11], one equatorial carbonyl group has been substituted by the monodentate phosphine ligand, leaving one equatorial and two axial carbonyl substituents on the Ru atom. The remaining two Ru atoms each carry two equatorial and two axial terminal carbonyl ligands. The three benzene rings make dihedral angles of 87.83 (17), 69.91 (17) and 68.26 (17)° with each other. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked into dimers by intermolecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The molecular structure is stabilized by an intramolecular C - H⋯O hydrogen bond. © 2010.