Bis-(2-pyrid-yl-?N)amine]chlorido(?-hexa-methyl-benzene)-ruthenium(II) hexa-fluorido-phosphate dichloro-methane solvate

In the title half-sandwich complex, [RuCl(?(6)-C(12)H(18))(C(10)H(9)N(3))]PF(6)?CH(2)Cl(2), the ruthenium(II) ion is four-coordinated by a chloro, a hexa-methyl-benzene and a bidentate N,N'-chelating di(pyridin-2-yl)amine ligand. In the crystal, the amino N-H group forms a hydrogen bond with the chloro ligand of a neighbouring complex, thus forming chains along the b axis. Weak inter-molecular C-H(midline ellipsis)F and C-H(midline ellipsis) Cl contacts are also observed.[on SciFinder (R)]