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The acylation of an acyl complex resulting in a labile OCO tridentate ligand
Tiziana Funaioli1, Giulia Falchi, Fabio Marchetti
1Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Università di Pisa, Via Risorgimento 35, I-56126 Pisa, Italy.
Abstract:
The reaction of propionic anhydride with [fac-Ru(C(O)Et)-(CO)2(H2O)3][CF3SO3] produces a new propylidin dipropionato group, which behaves as a tridentate ligand giving the neutral complex Ru(CEt(OC(O)Et)2)(CO)2(CF3SO3).