Hydrogen bonding effects on coordinated sulfoxides and relative role of intra- and inter-molecular interactions determining the dmso orientation in [RR ' NHOH][fac-RuCl3(dmso)(3)] compounds: a crystallographic and molecular mechanics study
S. Geremia et al., Hydrogen bonding effects on coordinated sulfoxides and relative role of intra- and inter-molecular interactions determining the dmso orientation in [RR ' NHOH][fac-RuCl3(dmso)(3)] compounds: a crystallographic and molecular mechanics study, J MOL STRUC, 516(1), 2000, pp. 49-56
Compounds with hydroxyl ammonium cations, [RR'NHOH][fac-RuCl3(dmso-S)(3)],
with R = R' = H (1), R = Me, R' = H (2) and R = R' = Et (3), have been prep
ared and structurally characterized by X-ray analyses. The three compounds
display chain-like structures, formed by hydrogen bonding between the hydro
xyl ammonium cations and the chlorine and oxygen atoms of the ruthenium ani
on, H-bonding involving the dmso oxygen atoms causes a lengthening of the S
-O bonds. The comparison of the solid state structures with results of Mole
cular Mechanics calculations show that the arrangement of the fac-dmso-S li
gands is not determined by H-bonding or packing effects, but from intramole
cular steric and electrostatic interactions. These give rise to hindered ro
tation about the Ru-S bonds. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights rese
rved.