cis,trans-Dicarbonyldichlorido(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-κ2N,N′)ruthenium(II)

In the title compound, [RuCl2(C12H6N2O2)(CO)2], the RuIIatom (site symmetry ..2) adopts a distorted octahedral coordination sphere defined by two carbonyl C atoms, two Cl−anions and two N atoms from the chelating 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione (phendione) ligand. The carbonyl ligands arecisto each other, while the Cl atoms aretrans. In the phendione ligand, the C=O [1.239 (5) Å] and the C—C [1.537 (5) Å] bond lengths in the diketone moiety have typical values. In the crystal, C—H...Cl and C—H...O hydrogen bonds lead to the formation of a three-dimensional supramolecular network.