Chlorido(η6-p-cymene)[6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine]ruthenium(II) chloride chloroform solvate

Abstract

The title compound, [RuCl(C10H14)(C16H12N2O)]Cl·CHCl3, has been synthesized by the reaction of [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 with 6-(2-hydroxy­phen­yl)-2,2′-bipyridine in acetonitrile. The RuII cation is in a pseudo-octa­hedral environment formed by a chloride anion, a cymene mol­ecule (with an η6 coordination mode) and a chelating 6-(2-hydroxy­phen­yl)-2,2′-bipyridine ligand. The other chloride anion is uncoordinated but links with the complex via O—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonding. The two methyl groups of the isopropyl group are disordered over two positions in approximately a 0.7:0.3 ratio.