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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
Sterically driven synthesis of ruthenium and ruthenium-silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes
C Cesari1, S Conti, S Zacchini
1Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. rita.mazzoni@unibo.it.
Abstract:
A straightforward and efficient synthetic route to novel Ru N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes by transmetallation of non-bulky silver NHC to ruthenium dicarbonyl tetraarylcyclopentadienone is described. The same procedure with sterically demanding NHC leads to unprecedented heterobimetallic Ru-Ag(NHC) complexes.
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