Bis(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(II) complexes containing alkynyldiphenylphosphines. Formation and redox behavior of [Ru(acac) 2 (Ph 2 PC≡CR) 2 ] (R = H, Me, Ph) complexes and the binuclear complex  cis -[{Ru(acac) 2 } 2 (μ-Ph 2 PC≡CPPh 2 )} 2 ]

Bennett, Martin; Byrnes, Matthew; Willis, Anthony

Bis(acetylacetonato)ruthenium(II) complexes containing alkynyldiphenylphosphines. Formation and redox behavior of [Ru(acac) 2 (Ph 2 PC≡CR) 2 ] (R = H, Me, Ph) complexes and the binuclear complex cis -[{Ru(acac) 2 } 2 (μ-Ph 2 PC≡CPPh 2 )} 2 ]

Date

2007

Authors

Bennett, Martin

Byrnes, Matthew

Willis, Anthony

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

Two equivalents of Ph2PCCR (R = H, Me, Ph) react with thf solutions of cis-[Ru(acac)2(η2-alkene)2] (acac = acetylacetonato; alkene = C2H4, 1; C 8H14, 2) at room temperature to yield the orange, air-stable compounds trans-[Ru(acac)2(Ph2PCCR) 2] (R = H, tr