Abstract
The title compound, η6-benzenechlorophenyltriphenylphosphine-ruthenium (II) [(η6-C6H6)RuCI(C6H5)(PPh3)], which is unexpectedly formed by the reaction of [(η6-C6H6)RuCl2(PPh3)] with NaBPh4, has been characterized by 1H, 13C{1H} and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopy, UV-visible specuoscopy and X-ray crystallography.