η5‐(3)‐1‐Methyl‐1,2‐dicarbollyl‐η5‐2′,5′‐dimethylpyrrolylcobalt(III)

In the title compound, (η⁵‐2,5‐di­methyl­pyrrolyl)[(7,8,9,10,11‐η)‐7‐methyl‐7,8‐dicarba‐nido‐undecaborato]­cobalt(III), [3‐Co{η⁵‐[2,5‐(CH₃)₂‐NC₄H₂]}‐1‐CH₃‐1,2‐C₂B₉H₁₀] or [Co(C₃H₁₃B₉)(C₆H₈N)], the Co^III atom is sandwiched between the pentagonal faces of the pyrrolyl and dicarbollide ligands, resulting in a neutral mol­ecule. The C—C distance in the dicarbollide cage is 1.649 (3) Å.     

Three monoalkoxy‐substituted nido‐platinaboranes: [(PPh3)2PtB10H11‐8‐(OCH3)], [(PPh3)2PtB10H11‐8‐{OCH(CH3)2}] and [(PPh3)2PtB10H10‐9‐{OCH(CH3)2}]

Each of the title compounds, 8‐methoxy‐7,7‐bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)‐8,9:10,11‐di‐μH‐7‐platina‐nido‐undecaborane di­chloro­methane hemisolvate, [Pt(CH₁₄B₁₀O)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·0.5CH₂Cl₂, (I), 8‐isopropoxy‐7,7‐bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)‐8,9:10,11‐di‐μH‐7‐platina‐nido‐undecaborane di­chloro­methane solvate, [Pt(C₃H₁₈B₁₀O)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·CH₂Cl₂, (II), and 9‐isopropoxy‐7,7‐bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)‐8,9:10,11‐di‐μH‐7‐platina‐nido‐undecaborane di­chloro­methane solvate, [Pt(C₃H₁₈B₁₀O)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·CH₂Cl₂, (III), has an 11‐vertex nido polyhedral skeleton, with the 7‐platinum centre ligating to two exo‐polyhedral PPh₃ groups and an alkoxy‐substituted polyhedral borane ligand. Compounds (II) and (III) are isomers. The Pt—B distances are in the range 2.214 (7)–2.303 (7) Å for (I), 2.178 (16)–2.326 (16) Å for (II) and 2.205 (6)–2.327 (6) Å for (III).     

Ten‐vertex rhodadithiaborane ­chemistry: [8‐{I(CH2)5}‐3‐(η5‐C5Me5)‐arachno‐3,7,8‐RhS2B8H9]

Neutral 8‐(5‐iodo‐n‐pentyl)‐3‐(η⁵‐penta­methyl­cyclo­pentadi­enyl)‐arachno‐3‐rhoda‐7,8‐di­thia­undecaborane, [Rh(C₅H₁₉B₈­IS₂)­(C₁₀H₁₅)], obtained from the [arachno‐7,8‐S₂B₉H₁₀]^? anion by treatment with I(CH₂)₅I followed by [Rh(C₅Me₅)Cl₂]₂ and N,N,N′,N′‐tetra­methyl‐1,8‐di­amino­naphthalene, has the 11‐vertex cluster geometry of [arachno‐7,8‐S₂B₉H₁₀]^?, but with an {Rh(C₅Me₅)} unit in the 3‐position instead of a {BH} unit, and with a –(CH₂)₅I chain attached exo to an S atom.     

Chloro­(μ‐6‐methyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato)bis­(6‐methyl­pyridine‐2‐carboxyl­ato)triphenyl­chromium(III)­tin(IV) chloro­triphenyl­tin(IV)

The title compound, [CrSn(C₆H₅)₃(C₇H₆NO₂)₃Cl][Sn(C₆H₅)₃Cl(CH₄O)], was obtained from the reaction of Ph₃SnCl with the complex [Cr(C₇H₆NO₂)₃] in methanol. The structure contains [Ph₃SnCl(MeOH)] (A) and [Ph₃SnClCr(C₇H₆NO₂)₃] (B) mol­ecules. In mol­ecule A, the Sn atom of Ph₃SnCl is coordinated by one methanol mol­ecule. In mol­ecule B, the Sn atom of Ph₃SnCl is coordinated by one carboxyl­ate O atom of [Cr(C₇H₆NO₂)₃]. Mol­ecules A and B are connected through an O—H⋯O hydrogen bond between a carboxyl­ate O atom and the methanol OH group. Weak C—H⋯Cl inter­actions and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds extend the components of (I) into a two‐dimensional network.     

cis‐[1,2‐Bis(diisopropylphosphino‐κP)‐1,2‐dicarba‐closo‐dodecaborane]dichloroplatinum(II) dichloromethane hemisolvate

The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [PtCl₂(C₁₄H₃₈B₁₀P₂)]·0.5CH₂Cl₂ or cis‐[PtCl₂{1,2‐(PⁱPr₂)₂‐1,2‐C₂B₁₀H₁₀}]·0.5CH₂Cl₂, contains one disordered solvent mol­ecule and two mol­ecules of the complex, in which each Pt^II atom displays slightly distorted square‐planar coordination geometry. The P atoms connected to the cage C atoms are coordinated to the Pt^II atom. The Pt—P distances vary slightly [2.215 (3) and 2.235 (4) Å] and the Pt—Cl distances are equal [2.348 (3) and 2.353 (5) Å].     

cis‐μ‐Chloro‐μ‐p‐toluene­thiol­ato‐bis­[chloro­(triethyl­phos­phine)­palladium]

The title compound, cis‐[Pd₂Cl₃(C₇H₇S)(C₆H₁₅P)₂], has bridging chloro and aryl­thiol­ato groups, with the phosphines being trans to the bridging chloro group. The four‐membered metallocyclic Pd₂ClS ring is unexpectedly non‐planar, with a dihedral angle of 133.8 (1)° between the PdCl₂SP coordination planes. Principal dimensions include Pd—Cl_t 2.316 (3) and 2.329 (3), Pd—Cl_b 2.442 (3) and 2.432 (3), Pd—S 2.280 (3) and 2.282 (3), and Pd—P 2.233 (3) and 2.236 (3) Å (where Cl_t and Cl_b are terminal and bridging chloro ligands, respectively).     

Solvent‐free [μ‐ferrocene‐1,1′‐diyl­bis(di­phenyl­phosphine‐P)]bis­[chlorogold(I)]

The title compound, [Au₂Cl₂{Fe(C₁₇H₁₄P)₂}], (I), contains the expected linear gold centres. The ferrocene moiety acts as a P,P′‐bridging ligand, wherein the Fe atom lies on an inversion centre. The P—Au—Cl angle is 177.56 (8)° and bond distances Au—P and Au—Cl are 2.2261 (18) and 2.2781 (18) Å, respectively. The structure is almost identical to that of the metal complex in (I)·2CH₂Cl₂ [Canales, Gimeno, Jones, Laguna & Sarroca (1997). Inorg. Chem. 36 , 5206–5211], but differs considerably from that in 3(I)·2CHCl₃ [Hill, Girard, McCabe, Johnson, Stupik, Zhang, Reiff & Eggleston (1989). Inorg. Chem. 28 , 3529–3533], in that in the latter, the two independent mol­ecules are linked by a short Au?Au contact.     

An alkyl–palladium(II) complex with a bidentate phosphine ligand: [1,3‐bis(di­phenyl­phosphino)­propane‐P,P′]­dimethyl­palladium(II) toluene hemi­solvate

In the title compound, [Pd(CH₃)₂(C₂₇H₂₆P₂)]·0.5C₇H₈, the Pd atom is at the centre of an approximately square‐planar arrangement of two P atoms and two methyl groups. The P—Pd—P angle [93.19 (3)°] is significantly larger than that in the corresponding dichloride complex [Pd(dppp)Cl₂]. The toluene mol­ecule is disordered across an inversion centre.     

(Acetonitrile){2,6‐bis­[1‐(2‐ethyl‐6‐methyl­phenyl­imino)­ethyl]­pyridine}­dichloro­ruthenium(II) dichloro­methane hemisolvate: a chain of edge‐fused R66(24) rings

In the title compound, [RuCl₂(C₂H₃N)(C₂₇H₃₁N₃)]·0.5CH₂Cl₂, the Ru^II ion is six‐coordinated in a distorted octa­hedral arrangement, with the two Cl atoms located in the apical positions, and the pyridine (py) N atom, the two imino N atoms and the acetonitrile N atom located in the basal plane. The dichloromethane solvent mol­ecule lies on a twofold axis. The two equatorial Ru—N_imino distances are almost equal (mean 2.089 Å) and are substantially longer than the equatorial Ru—N_py bond [1.914 (4) Å]. It is observed that the N_imino—M—N_py bond angle for the five‐membered chelate rings of pyridine‐2,6‐diimine complexes is inversely related to the magnitude of the M—N_py bond. The title structure is stabilized by intra‐ and inter­molecular C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds. The inter­molecular hydrogen bonds form an R₆⁶(24) ring and a chain of edge‐fused rings running parallel to the [001] direction.     

μ‐Bi­phenyl‐2,2′‐di­thiol­ato‐κ2S:S′‐bis­[(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐κP)­gold(I)]

The reaction of ClAuPPh₃ and 1,1′‐bi­phenyl‐2,2′‐di­thiol in the presence of tri­methyl­benzyl­ammonium chloride and K₂CO₃ in a tetra­hydro­furan/methanol solution gives the title complex, [Au₂(C₁₂H₈S₂)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]. The mol­ecule contains P—Au—S units which `cross' with torsion angles of ∼90° [P—Au—Au—P = 86.23 (5)° and S—Au—Au—S = 95.62 (5)°]. The intra‐ and intermolecular Au⋯Au distances [3.9064 (3) and 6.3797 (5) Å, respectively] are outside the range for typical Au⋯Au interactions. However, the Au atoms appear to be drawn together, leading to a significant bending of the P—Au—S angles [170.24 (5) and 169.52 (5)°].     

Tris­[di­phenyl(2‐pyridyl)­phosphine]‐μ3‐iodo‐tri‐μ3‐sulfido‐sulfidotrisilvertungsten di­chloro­methane hemisolvate

The title compound, [Ag₃WIS₄(C₁₇H₁₄NP)₃]·0.5CH₂Cl₂, is a cubane‐type heterometallic cluster containing di­phenyl(2‐pyridyl)­phosphine (Ph₂PPy). The pyridyl group of Ph₂PPy remains uncoordinated, so the Ph₂PPy ligand is monodentate and coordinates to one Ag atom. The W atom and three Ag atoms form a distorted tetrahedral geometry, capped by one I atom and three S atoms.     

(4,6‐Dimercapto‐1,3,5‐triazine‐2‐thiol­ato‐S2)­tris­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)gold(I) di­methyl­form­amide solvate

In the title compound, [Au(C₃H₂N₃S₃)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₃]·C₃H₇NO, the Au^I atom has a distorted tetrahedral geometry consisting of one uncoordinated di­methyl­form­amide mol­ecule, one tri­thio­cyanurate ligand and three PPh₃ ligands. The S—Au distance is 2.909 (2) Å, and the P—Au distances fall in the range 2.400 (14)–2.4074 (13) Å. The S—Au—P angles are 92.81 (6), 99.17 (6) and 104.21 (5)°, and the P—Au—P angles are 114.46 (5), 119.04 (5) and 119.66 (5)°.     

Bis{μ‐2‐[(2,3‐dichloro­phenyl)­amino]­benzoato‐κO}di‐μ2‐ethoxo‐octa­methyl­di‐μ3‐oxo‐tetra­tin(IV)

The title compound, [Sn₄(CH₃)₈(C₁₃H₈Cl₂NO₂)₂(C₂H₅O)₂O₂], is a centrosymmetric dimer, with three linearly fused four‐membered Sn—O—Sn—O rings. The coordination poly­hedron of the Sn atom bonded to the carboxyl­ate can be described as trigonal–bipyramidal distorted toward square‐pyramidal. That of the second Sn atom is similar, but the distortion towards square‐pyramidal geometry is greater. The Sn—O and Sn—C distances are 2.020 (2)–2.226 (2) and 2.096 (4)–2.114 (4) Å, respectively. The benzene rings of the 2‐[(2,3‐dichloro­phenyl)­amino]benzoate ligand subtend an angle of 50.49 (17)°; the conformation of the ligand is stabilized by intra­molecular N—H⋯Cl and N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds. The structure is assembled viaπ–π stacking inter­actions to form chains parallel to [10].     

Bis­[2‐(di­phenyl­phosphinoyl)­benzene] di­sulfide

The title compound, [2‐Ph₂P(O)C₆H₄S]₂ or C₃₆H₂₈O₂P₂S₂, obtained by electrochemical oxidation of 2‐(di­phenyl­phosphino)­benzene­thiol, has twofold crystallographic symmetry. Principal dimensions include S—S 2.0212 (15) Å, S—C 1.786 (3) Å and C—S—S—C 81.34 (14)°.     

[Et4N][7‐Me2S‐nido‐B11H12]

Tetraethyl­ammonium 7‐di­methyl­sulfanyl‐nido‐dodeca­hydro­undecaborate, [Et₄N][7‐Me₂S‐nido‐B₁₁H₁₂] or C₈H₂₀N⁺·C₂H₁₈B₁₁S⁻, is a product of the deprotonation of [7‐Me₂S‐nido‐B₁₁H₁₃] with KHBEt₃ and precipitation with tetraethyl­ammonium chloride. The effect of removing one endo‐terminal H atom is to cause a general contraction of the open‐face B—B distances.     

Bis­[bis­(di­phenyl­phosphino­methyl)­phenyl­phosphine]­di­chloro­tetra­gold(I) bis­[chloro­tris­(penta­fluoro­phenyl)­aurate(III)]

The cation of the title compound, [Au₄(PPh₂CH₂PPhCH₂PPh₂)₂Cl₂][Au(C₆F₅)₃Cl]₂ or [Au₄Cl₂(C₃₂H₂₉P₃)₂][AuCl(C₆F₅)₃]₂, displays a rhomboidal geometry for the Au atoms, with short Au?Au distances of 3.104 (2) and 3.185 (1) Å; the linear coordination at the Au^I atoms is distorted: P—Au—P 164.7 (2)° and P—Au—Cl 170.67 (11)°. The anion shows the expected square‐planar geometry at Au^III, with the Au atom 0.022 (5) Å out of the plane of the four donor atoms.     

(Aceto­nitrile‐N)(o‐benzo­quinone di­imine‐N,N′)­chloro‐trans‐bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)­ruthenium(II) hexa­fluoro­phosphate 0.25‐hydrate

The Ru atom in the title compound, [RuCl(CH₃CN){P(C₆H₅)₃}₂{C₆H₄(NH)₂}]PF₆·0.25H₂O, has a six‐coordinate octahedral geometry, with a trans arrangement of the tri­phenyl­phosphine groups. The asymmetric unit contains two complex mol­ecules and a partially occupied water site. Principal dimensions include Ru—N 1.958 (4)–2.044 (5), Ru—P 2.3897 (16)–2.4092 (15), and Ru—Cl 2.4280 (15) and 2.4295 (16) Å     

A novel trinuclear palladium cluster compound: di‐μ3‐chloro‐tris­[chloro(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)­palladium] acetone solvate

The title triangular tripalladium cluster, [Pd₃­Cl₅­(C₁₈­H₁₅P)₃]·­C₃H₆O, (I), has a trigonal‐bipyramidal framework of Pd₃(μ₃‐Cl)₂, with the two Cl atoms in apical positions. Each Pd atom in the framework has two additional coordination sites to establish square‐planar cis‐PdL₂(μ₃‐Cl)₂ geometry. Three P atoms are located on the same side of the plane defined by the Pd₃ triangle, which leads to a pseudo‐C_3v symmetry for the core framework of Pd₃(μ₃‐Cl)₂P₃Cl₃. The average Pd—Cl distance trans to PPh₃ is 2.473 (8) Å, which is significantly longer than the average Pd—Cl distance of 2.294 (4) Å for those trans to terminal Cl, due to the strong trans effect of a P atom compared with a Cl atom. Compound (I) has 49 valence electrons and shows a rhombic electron‐spin resonance signal, indicating an S = ½ ground state.     

Halocarbon and arene coordination of lithium(I) in (1‐anilino‐3‐phenyl­imino­propenyl)chloro(methyl)­aluminium bis{[tetrakis(pentafluoro­phenyl)­borato]­lithium} benzene solvate

The crystal structure of the title compound, [AlCl(CH₃)‐(C₁₅H₁₃N₂)]­[Li(C₂₄BF₂₀)]₂­·C₆H₆, is reported. The unusual coordination features of the lithium(I) cation, including Li‐atom coordination to six organohalogen atoms and the shortest Li—F(C) distances so far observed, are discussed.     

Bis­[hydrogen 1,1′‐bis­(di­phenyl­phos­phinato)­ferrocenium] octa­chloro­diantimony(III)

In the title compound, [Fe(C₃₄H₂₉O₂P₂)]₂[Sb₂Cl₈], the discrete centrosymmetric [Sb₂Cl₈]^2? anions are formed from two edge‐shared square pyramids of Cl atoms about each Sb atom. Within the cation, the two di­phenyl­phosphinate groups share one H atom and the ferrocene cyclo­penta­dienyl rings are in a staggered conformation, with the average value of the twist angle being 46°. In the crystal, each [Sb₂Cl₈]^2? anion is involved in eight C—H?Cl interactions with four surrounding cations and these interactions interconnect the ions to form molecular columns along the a direction.