Abstract
In the cation of the title complex, [Ru(C31H32N3P2)(C10H8N2)2](PF6)(Br)2·2CH2Cl2·H2O, the ruthenium ion is coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral geometry by two 2,2'-bi-pyridine (bpy) ligands and a chelating cationic N-di-phenyl-phosphino-1,3,4,6,7,8-hexa-hydro-2-pyrimido[1,2-a]pyrimidine [(PPh2)2-hpp] ligand. The tricationic charge of the complex is balanced by two bromide and one hexa-fluorido-phosphate counter-anions. The compound crystallized with two mol-ecules of di-chloro-methane (one of which is equally disordered about a Cl atom) and a water mol-ecule. In the crystal, one of the Br anions bridges two water mol-ecules via O-H⋯Br hydrogen bonds, forming a centrosymmetric diamond-shaped R (4) 2(8) motif. The cation and anions and the solvent mol-ecules are linked via C-H⋯F, C-H⋯Br, C-H⋯Cl and C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, forming a three-dimensional network.