Crystal structure of [3-amino-2-(phenyldiazenyl)pyridine]chlorido(η6-p-cymene)ruthenium(II) chloride

Abstract

The title compound, [RuCl(C10H14)(C11H10N4)]Cl is an RuII complex in which an η6-p-cymene ligand, two N atoms of 3-amino-2-(phenylazo)pyridine and one Cl ion form a piano-stool coordination environment around the metal ion. In the crystal structure, N - H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds play an important role in the formation of the supramolecular zigzag chain along the a-axis direction. Disorder is observed for the isopropyl group with site-occupancy factors refined to 0.78(5) and 0.22(5).