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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
trans-Bis[1,2-bis-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)ethane]-chlorido(ethyn-yl)ruthenium(II)
Alexander Trujillo1, Mauricio Fuentealba, Ramiro Arratia-Perez
1Departamento de Ciencias Quimicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Andres Bello, Avenida Republica 275, Santiago, Chile.
Abstract:
The mol-ecular structure of the title compound, trans-[Cu(C2H)Cl(C26H24P2)2], consists of an Ru(II) cation, located on an inversion centre, in an octa-hedral environment defined by two chelating phosphines, one acetyl-ide and one chloride ligand. The -C CH and the chlorine ligands are disordered over two equivalent positions (0.5 occupancy each). The coordination geometry is distorted octa-hedral, with the -C CH fragment and the Cl ligand in trans positions. The four P atoms occupy the equatorial plane of the octa-hedron and the chloride and acetyl-ide ligands the axial positions.
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