[Bis(2-pyridyl-?N)amine]chlorido(?6-hexamethylbenzene)ruthenium(II) hexafluoridophosphate dichloromethane solvate

In the title half-sandwich complex, [RuCl(?6-C12H18)(C10H9N3)]PF6·CH2Cl2, the Ru(II) ion is four-coordinated by a chloro, a hexamethylbenzene and a bidentate N,N'-chelating di(pyridin-2-yl)amine ligand. In the crystal, the amino N-H group forms a H bond with the chloro ligand of a neighboring complex, thus forming chains along the b axis. Weak intermol. C-H...F and C-H. Cl contacts are also obsd. Crystallog. data and at. coordinates are given. [on SciFinder(R)]