Crystal structure of bis­­[μ-(4-meth­­oxy­phen­yl)methane­thiol­ato-κ2S:S]bis­­[chlorido­(η6-1-iso­propyl-4-methyl­benzene)­ruthenium(II)] chloro­form disolvate

The mol­ecular structure of the title complex, [Ru2(C8H9OS)2Cl2(C10H14)2]·2CHCl3 or (p-MeC6H4Pri)2Ru2(SCH2-p-C6H5-OCH3)2Cl2·2CHCl3, shows inversion symmetry. The two symmetry-related RuII atoms are bridged by two 4-meth­oxy-α-toluene­thiol­ato [(4-meth­oxy­phen­yl)methane­thiol­ato] units. One chlorido ligand and the p-cymene ligand complete the typical piano-stool coordination environment of the RuII atom. In the crystal, the CH moiety of the chloro­form mol­ecule inter­acts with the chlorido ligand of the dinuclear complex, while one Cl atom of the solvent inter­acts more weakly with the methyl group of the bridging 4-meth­oxy-α-toluene­thiol­ato unit. This assembly leads to the formation of supra­molecular chains extending parallel to [021].