Abstract
The tetranuclear ruthenium cluster [Ru4(CO)10Cl2(OEt)2] has been prepared in low yield by the reaction of [Ru3(CO)12] with [N(PPh3)2]Cl in refluxing EtOH, followed by oxidation with either [NO][BF4] or Ag[ClO4]. A single-crystal X-ray analysis of the complex shows that the four metal atoms adopt a planar geometry with one ruthenium bonded by two μ2-Cl ligands and two μ3-OEt ligands to a trinuclear fragment. This complex crystallises in the monoclinic space group I2/c, with a 14.458(3), b 22.073(6), c 15.302(4) Å, β 99.54(2)°, Z = 8; 3113 observed data with F > 3σ(F) were refined by blocked full-matrix least squares to R = 0.031, Rw = 0.034.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 409-416 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Organometallic Chemistry |
| Volume | 321 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 10 Apr 1987 |
Funding
J.M.M. is grateful to British Petroleum and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge for financial support. M.D.V. is grateful to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge for a Research Fellowship.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge | |
| Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry