A mixed chloride/tri­fluoro­methane­sulfonate ligand species in a ruthenium(II) complex

The crystal structure determination of this complex revealed the presence of two different anionic species which other spectroscopic methods failed to characterize. The reduced catalytic activity was not fully understood until the crystallographic data provided evidence for the mixed anionic species. The crystal structure of this Ru^II complex clearly shows that the majority of the synthesized material has a chloride anion present.

Ru^II–hydride–trop complexes: X-ray single-crystal determination and quantum-chemical calculations

Three Ru^II–hydride species have been synthesized and fully characterized, including X-ray single-crystal structures. Quantum chemical calculations predict very accurately the observed crystallographic data.