Thermal decomposition of new chlorido(p-cymene) ruthenium(II) complexes containing N-alkylphenothiazines

The thermal decomposition of [RuCl2(eta(6)-p-cymene)](2) (1) and its biologically active N-alkylphenothiazine compounds of composition L[RuCl3(eta(6)-p-cymene)] where L = CPH+ (2), TFH+center dot HCl (3), and TRH+ (4) (chlorpromazine hydrochloride, CP center dot HCl; trifluoperazine dihydrochloride, TF center dot 2HCl; and thioridazine hydrochloride, TR center dot HCl, respectively) has been studied. The crystal and molecular structure of compound 3 was determined earlier by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. The thermal data were collected by simultaneous TG/DSC measurements. For evolved gas detection, the qualitative reaction of chlorides with AgNO3 in an acidic solution was applied. The measurements were carried out in the temperature range to 700 A degrees C in nitrogen atmosphere. Compounds of L[RuCl3(eta(6)-p-cymene)] crystallize with water or water/2-propanole. On the basis of thermal data, the trend in the solvent bonding energies was assessed.