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Cyclopentadienyl-ruthenium and -osmium chemistry. Cleavage of tetracyanoethylene under mild conditions: X-ray crystal structures of [Ru{η<sup>3</sup>-C(CN)<sub>2</sub>CPhCC(CN)<sub>2</sub>}(PPh<sub>3</sub>)(η-C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)] and [Ru{C[C(CN)<sub>2</sub>]CPhC(CN)<sub>2</sub>}-(CNBu<sup>t</sup>)(PPh<sub>3</sub>)(η-C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)]

Michael I. Bruce, John R. Rodgers, Michael R. Snow, A. Geoffrey Swincer

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1981 · 125 citations · 0 references

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The reaction between [RU(C2Ph)(PPh3)2(η-C5H5)] and C2(CN)4 affords [Ru{η3-C(CN)2 CPhCC(CN)2}-(PPh3)(η-C5H5)](2), which forms [Ru{C[C(CN)2]- CPhC(CN)2}(L)(PPh3)(η-C5H5)](5) with L = CO or CNBut; the structures of (2) and (5; L = CNBut) have been determined by X-Ray crystallography.