Undecacarbonyl-1κ3 C,2κ4 C,3κ4 C-(triethyl phosphite-1κP)-triangulotriruthenium(0)

Abstract

In the title triangulotriruthenium compound, [Ru3(C 6H15O3P)(CO)11], each Ru atom has distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The monodentate phosphine ligand is equatorially coordinated to one Ru atom, leaving one equatorial and two axial carbonyl substituents on the Ru atom. Each of the remaining two Ru atoms carries two equatorial and two axial carbonyl groups. In the crystal, molecules are linked into an inversion dimer by a pair of intermolecular C -H⋯O hydrogen bonds and the dimers are stacked along the b axis.