Synthesis, structures and dynamic NMR spectra of η 6 -hexaethylbenzene complexes of ruthenium(0) and ruthenium(II).

Baldwin, Richard; Bennett, Martin; Hockless, David; Pertici, Paolo; Verrazzani, Alessandra; Barretta, Gloria; Marchetti, Fabio; Salvadori, Piero

Synthesis, structures and dynamic NMR spectra of η 6 -hexaethylbenzene complexes of ruthenium(0) and ruthenium(II).

Date

2002

Authors

Baldwin, Richard

Bennett, Martin

Hockless, David

Pertici, Paolo

Verrazzani, Alessandra

Barretta, Gloria

Marchetti, Fabio

Salvadori, Piero

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

On reaction with the labile naphthalene complex [Ru(η6-C10H8)(η4-1, 5-COD)], hex-3-yne undergoes stoichiometric cyclotrimerisation to form the hexaethylbenzene-ruthenium(O) complex [Ru(η6-C6Et6)(η4-1, 5-COD)] 1. In the solid state and in solution the