anti,mer-[Bis(2-diphenylphosphinoethyl)(n-propyl)amine-N,P,P'](phenylethynyl)[(Z)-1-p-tolyl-4-phenyl-η³-but-1-en-3-ynyl]ruthenium(II) Chloroform Solvate

The title structure, [Ru(C₈H₅)(C₁₇H₁₃)(C₃₁H₃₅NP₂)].CHCl₃, consists of discrete anti,mer-[Ru(C[triple bond]CPh){η³-PhC[triple bond]C—C=CH(p-tolyl)}(PNP)] neutral molecules, where PNP is CH₃CH₂CH₂N(CH₂CH₂PPh₂)₂, and CHCl₃ solvate molecules. The Ru^II metal centre is pseudo-octahedrally coordinated by a meridional tridentate PNP ligand, a phenylethynyl ligand and a η³-bonded (Z)-1-p-tolyl-4-phenyl-η³-but-1-en-3-ynyl ligand. The butenynyl moiety is anti with respect to the n-propyl tail on the N-atom donor of the aminodiphosphine ligand and lies in a plane almost perpendicular to that containing the Ru(PNP) moiety.

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