Cis- & trans-isomerism in [Cl2Ru(dppb)N-N] complexes: Synthesis, structural characterization and X-ray crystal structure of dichloromethane solvated cis-diaminebis(diphenylphosphinobutane)ruthenium(II) complex

•Synthesis of cis & trans isomer of [RuCl2(dppb)(N-N)] complexes.•Crystal structure of cis-[RuCl2(dppb)(N-N)] isomer.•cis & trans isomerization is supported by 31P NMR.

Three diamine-bis(diphenylphosphinobutane)ruthenium(II) complexes, isolated from the reaction of [Cl2Ru(dppb)] with diamines viz., 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-diamnopropane, 1,2-diaminocyclohexane and 1,8-diaminonaphthalene are reported. The synthesized complexes have been characterized on the basis of various physico-chemical studies viz., EDX, IR, FAB-MS, UV/Vis, NMR, TG-DTG and EXAFS studies. 31P NMR investigations confirm that the complex 3 is in cis form while the complexes 1–2 appear in trans form. The structure of complex 3 has been additionally determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction showing solvated dichloromethane. Furthermore, complex 3 crystallizes as monoclinic unit cell with P2(1)/n space group.

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