Crystal structure of [1,2-bis-(di-phenyl-phosphan-yl)benzene]-hepta-carbonyldi-μ-hydrido-(μ3-2,4,6-tri-methyl-phenyl-phosphin-idene)-triangulo-triruthenium.

Abstract

The title trinuclear ruthenium cluster, [Ru₃(C₃₀H₂₄P₂)(C₉H₁₁P)(CO)₇(μ-H)₂], has a triangular Ru₃ core that is capped with a mesitylphosphin-idene ligand, μ₃-PMes (Mes = mesityl = 2,4,6-tri-methyl-phen-yl). The 1,2-bis-(di-phenyl-phosphan-yl)benzene mol-ecule acts as a bidentate phosphine ligand via two P atoms connecting to a single Ru atom. The title compound crystallizes with two independent mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit.