cis-Dichloridotetra­kis­(trimethyl­phosphane-κP)ruthenium(II) benzene disolvate

The title compound, cis-[RuCl2(C3H9P)4]·2C6H6, contains a complex mol­ecule with a crystallographic mirror plane passing through the RuII atom, the two cis-disposed Cl ligands and two P atoms of the two cis-disposed P(CH3)3 ligands. The RuII atom adopts a distorted octa­hedral RuCl2P4 coordination geometry with the two trans-disposed P atoms occupying the axial positions. The packing of the structure is accomplished through non-classical C—H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds between the benzene solvent mol­ecule and one of the Cl ligands