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Title: Trichloro-bridged diruthenium(II,III) complexes: preparation, properties, and X-ray structure of Ru/sub 2/Cl/sub 5/(chiraphos)/sub 2/ (chiraphos = 2(S),3(S)-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane)

Journal Article · · Inorg. Chem.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00222a028· OSTI ID:6036795

The triply chloro-bridged, formally mixed-valence compounds (RuCl(P-P))/sub 2/(..mu..-Cl)/sub 3/ have been prepared by phosphine exchange from Ru(III) precursors containing PPh/sub 3/ or P(p-tolyl)/sub 3/ (P-P: chirphos, 2(S),3(S)-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane;PPh/sub 2/(CH/sub 2/)/sub n/PPh/sub 2/, n = 3 or 4; diop, 4(s),5(S)-bis((diphenylphosphino)methyl)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane). The chiraphos complex 1 has been characterized by X-ray analysis and is a highly symmetrical (..mu..-Cl)/sub 3/ species with irregular octahedral geometry about each Ru (space group P1; a = 11.826 (2) A, b = 11.968 (1) A, c = 12.075 (2) A, ..cap alpha.. = 112.333 (6)/sup 0/, ..beta.. = 92.409 (9)/sup 0/, ..gamma.. = 103.006 (7)/sup 0/; Z = 1; the structure was refined to a conventional R value of 0.035 by using 6782 significant reflections and 405 variables). The crystallography data for 1, and near-infrared spectral data in a range of solvents, show the dimers to be valence-delocalized. The complexes undergo disproportionation rapidly in CH/sub 3/CN and more slowly in Me/sub 2/SO and CH/sub 3/NO/sub 2/ to give dimeric Ru/sub 2//sup III/ and Ru/sub 2//sup II/ species. In CCl/sub 4/ or toluene, 1 exists in some other valence-delocalized form, possibly as a tetranuclear cluster. 35 references, 6 figures, 1 table.

Research Organization:
Univ. of British Columbia, Vancouver
OSTI ID:
6036795
Journal Information:
Inorg. Chem.; (United States), Vol. 25:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English