(g⁶-Benzene)chlorido[(S)-2-(4-isopropyl-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-yl)phenolato]ruthenium(II)

The title compound, [Ru(C₁₂H₁₄NO₂)Cl(η⁶-C₆H₆)], exhibits a half-sandwich tripod stand structure and crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group P2₁2₁2₁. The arene group is η⁶ π-coordinated to the Ru atom with a centroid-to-metal distance of 1.6590 (5) A^ͦ , with the (S)-2-(4-isopropyl-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-yl)phenolate chelate ligand forming a bite angle of 86.88 (19)^◦ through its N and phenolate O atoms. The pseudo-octahedral 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.