Özdemir N.Dinçer M.Dayan O.Çetinkaya B.2019-10-272019-10-2720070108-27010108-2701https://doi.org/10.1107/S0108270107036669https://hdl.handle.net/11454/27513In the title compound, [RuCl2(C2H3N)(C27H31N3)]·CH2Cl2, the Ru II ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral arrangement, with the two Cl atoms located in the apical positions, and the pyridine (py) N atom, the two imino N atoms and the acetonitrile N atom located in the basal plane. The two equatorial Ru - Nimino distances are almost equal (mean 2.087 Å) and are substanti-ally longer than the equatorial Ru - Npy bond [1.921 (4) Å]. It is observed that the Nimino - M - Npy angle for the five-membered chelate rings of pyridine-2,6-diimine complexes is inversely related to the magnitude of the M - Npy bond. The title structure is stabilized by intra- and inter-molecular C - H?Cl hydrogen bonds, as well as by van der Waals inter-actions. © International Union of Crystallography 2007.en10.1107/S0108270107036669info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessArticle639m407m409N/A