Chlorido(4,4′-dimeth­oxy-2,2′-bipyri­dine)(1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triaza­cyclo­nona­ne)ruthenium(II) perchlorate acetonitrile disolvate and aqua­(4,4′-dimeth­oxy-2,2′-bipyridine)(1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triaza­cyclo­nona­ne)ruthenium(II) bis­(per­chlorate) dihydrate

The title complexes, [RuCl(C₉H₂₁N₃)(C₁₂H₁₂N₂O₂)]ClO₄·2C₂H₃N, (I), and [Ru(C₉H₂₁N₃)(C₁₂H₁₂N₂O₂)(H₂O)](ClO₄)₂·2H₂O, (II), display similar structures with the Ru atom in a distorted octa­hedral environment. In the crystal packing of the chloride complex, (I), the Ru complex mol­ecules are held together in pairs through C—H...Cl inter­actions of the 4,4′-dimeth­oxy-2,2′-bipyridine and chloride ligands. In the case of the aqua complex, (II), hydrogen bonding affords a tetra­meric hydrogen-bonded network. These two structures are the first examples of complexes with the {Ru(1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7-triaza­cyclo­nona­ne)} motif and an electron-rich substituted 2,2′-bipyridine ligand.