Structural studies in the ruthenium–dithiocarbamate system. Part I. Crystal structure of tris(morpholyldithiocarbamato)ruthenium(III)–2.5 chloroform

Abstract

The crystal structure of the title compound has been determined by the heavy-atom method from X-ray diffractometer data and refined by least-squares to R 0.1 1 for 6 499 reflections. Crystals are triclinic. space group P, a= 17.630(2), b= 17.893(2), c= 13.955(2)Å, α= 94.25(1), β= 108.68(1), γ= 120.31(1)°, Z= 2. The geometry of the complex molecule is conventional; the structure is of interest in establishing the nature of chloroform–dithiocarbamate interactions, the hydrogen atom of each chloroform being hydrogen-bonded to the sulphur atoms of various ligands.