Bis­(aceto­nitrile‐N)(o‐benzoquinone di­imine‐N,N′)‐trans‐bis­(tri­phenyl­phosphine‐P)­ruthenium(II) bis(hexa­fluoro­phosphate) methanol solvate

The title complex, Ru(C₂H₃N)₂(C₆H₆N₂)(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂](PF₆)₂.CH₄O, is the third of a series of ruthenium complexes containing two tri­phenyl­phosphine groups in a trans arrangement, o‐benzoquinone di­imine and two other non‐redox active ligands to been characterized. The effect of electron donor–acceptor properties of the two non‐redox active ligands does not change the quinone arrangement for the o‐benzoquinone di­imine ligand, as can be seen from the bond distances of the quinone ring. The asymmetric unit contains half a mol­ecule of complex cation (on a twofold rotation axis), one hexa­fluoro­phosphate anion and half a mol­ecule of methanol in a general position close to a twofold rotation axis.