Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) κ<sup>2</sup>-Diamido/η<sup>6</sup>-Naphthalene Complexes Featuring a Coordinatively Unsaturated yet Highly π-Basic (η<sup>5</sup>-C<sub>5</sub>Me<sub>5</sub>)Ru Diamide Fragment

Shin Takemoto, Shinya Oshio, Takayuki Shiromoto, Hiroyuki Matsuzaka

Organometallics · 2005 · 24 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Acetonitrile induces a clean isomerization of the amido-bridged diruthenium complex [(Cp*Ru) 2 {μ 2 -κ 2:η 4 -2,3-naphthalenediamido}] ( 1 ) into the κ 2:η 6 -bonded dinuclear complex [Cp*Ru{μ 2 -κ 2:η 6 -2,3-naphthalenediamido}RuCp*] ( 2a ), featuring a coordinatively unsaturated Cp*Ru terminal diamide fragment. Structural and spectroscopic data of its carbon monoxide and tert -butyl isocyanide adducts indicate that the Cp*Ru diamide fragment can serve as a strong π-base.

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