(η-Benzene)-chlorido-[()-2-(4-isopropyl-4,5-di-hydro-oxazol-2-yl)phenolato]ruthenium(II).

The title compound, [Ru(CHNO)Cl(η-CH)], exhibits a half-sandwich tripod stand structure and crystallizes in the ortho-rhom-bic space group 222. The arene group is η π-coordinated to the Ru atom with a centroid-to-metal distance of 1.6590 (5) Å, with the ()-2-(4-isopropyl-4,5-di-hydro-oxazol-2-yl)phenolate chelate ligand forming a bite angle of 86.88 (19)° through its N and phenolate O atoms. The pseudo-octa-hedral geometry assumed by the complex is completed by a chloride ligand. The coordination of the optically pure bidentate ligand induces metal centered chirality onto the complex with a Flack parameter of -0.056.