Dicarbonyldichlorido(<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>,<i>N</i>′,<i>N</i>′-tetramethylethylenediamine)ruthenium(II)

In the title compound, [RuCl2(C6H16N2)(CO)2], the geometry around the RuII atom is a distorted RuC2N2Cl2 octa­hedron, with pairs of C and Cl atoms trans to each other and the N atoms of the bidentate ligand in a cis conformation. The five-membered chelate ring is puckered on the C—C bond.