Sulfur-containing trinuclear arene ruthenium clusters

The single-crystal X-ray structure analyses of [HRu3(C6H6)(C6Me6)2(μ3-SC6H4Me)(μ2-O)][BF4]2 ([1][BF4]2), [HRu3(C6H6)(C6Me6)2(μ3-SC6H4Me)(μ2-S)][PF6]2 ([2][PF6]2) and [H2Ru3(1,2,4,5-Me4C6H2)3(μ2-S)(Cl)]PF6 ([3][PF6]) are presented. The structures show the sulfur ligands to act as bridges between ruthenium atoms. In [1][BF4]2 and [2][PF6]2 the metallic core adopts a nido framework. However, in [3][PF6] the absence of a μ3-SR ligand combined with the presence of one terminal chloro unit gives rise to a closo metallic arrangement.