(η 6 -Benzene)-chlorido-[( S )-2-(4-isopropyl-4,5-di-hydro-oxazol-2-yl)phenolato]ruthenium(II).

The title compound, [Ru(C 12 H 14 NO 2 )Cl(η 6 -C 6 H 6 )], exhibits a half-sandwich tripod stand structure and crystallizes in the ortho-rhom-bic space group P 2 1 2 1 2 1 . The arene group is η 6 π-coordinated to the Ru atom with a centroid-to-metal distance of 1.6590 (5) Å, with the ( S )-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.