metal-organic compounds
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The title compound, [RuCl(C6H7N)2(C27H35N3)]PF6·C3H6O, was obtained unintentionally as the product of the reaction of 1,1′-methylenebis(4-methylpyridinium) hexafluorisophosphate and RuCl3(tpy*) (tpy* is 4,4′,4′′-tri-tert-butyl-2,2′:6′,2′′-terpyridine) in the presence of triethylamine and LiCl. The molecular structure of the complex displays an octahedral geometry around the RuII ion and the unit cell contains an acetone solvent molecule and one orientationally disordered PF6− anion (occupancy ratio 0.75:0.25) which is hydrogen bonded to two H atoms of the tpy* ligand of the nearest [RuCl(pic)2(tpy*)]+ cation (pic is 4-methylpyridine). One of the tert-butyl groups of the tpy* ligand is also disordered over two sets of sites in a 0.75:0.25 ratio.
organic compounds
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The title compound (AME; systematic name: 3,7-dihydroxy-9-methoxy-1-methyl-6H-benzo[c]chromen-6-one), C15H12O5, was isolated from an endophytic fungi Alternaria sp., from Catharanthus roseus (common name: Madagascar periwinkle). There is an intramolecular O—HO hydrogen bond in the essentially planar molecule (r.m.s. deviation 0.02 Å). In the crystal, the molecule forms an O—HO hydrogen bond with its centrosymmetric counterpart with four bridging interactions (two O—HO and two C—HO). The almost planar sheets of the dimeric units thus formed are stacked along b axis via C—Hπ and π–π contacts [with CC short contacts between aromatic moieties of 3.324 (3), 3.296 (3) and 3.374 (3) Å].