TY - JOUR
T1 - Novel coordinatively unsaturated bimetallic complexes, [(η5-C5ME5)Ru(μ2- iPrNC(Me)= NiPr)Ru(η5C5Me5)] +
T2 - A bridging amidinate ligand perpendicular to the metal-metal axis effectively stabilizes the highly reactive cationic diruthenium species
AU - Kondo, Hideo
AU - Matsubara, Kouki
AU - Nagashima, Hideo
PY - 2002/1/30
Y1 - 2002/1/30
N2 - Coordinatively unsaturated diruthenium complexes, [(η5-C5Me5)Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)Ru(η5-C5Me5)]+, of which crystallography revealed structures bearing a bridging amidinate ligand perpendicular to the Ru-Ru axis, were synthesized by anion exchange of [(η5-C3Me5(Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)Ru(η5-C5Me5)]+Br- by weakly coordinating anions. Variable-temperature NMR showed rapid motion of the bridging amidinate ligand. The coordinatively unsaturated nature of the cationic complexes provides their high reactivity toward a series of two electron donor ligands. Oxidative addition of molecular hydrogen occurred to give [(η5-C5Me5)Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)(μ-H)Ru(η5-C5Me5)(H)]+, which was isolated and characterized.
AB - Coordinatively unsaturated diruthenium complexes, [(η5-C5Me5)Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)Ru(η5-C5Me5)]+, of which crystallography revealed structures bearing a bridging amidinate ligand perpendicular to the Ru-Ru axis, were synthesized by anion exchange of [(η5-C3Me5(Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)Ru(η5-C5Me5)]+Br- by weakly coordinating anions. Variable-temperature NMR showed rapid motion of the bridging amidinate ligand. The coordinatively unsaturated nature of the cationic complexes provides their high reactivity toward a series of two electron donor ligands. Oxidative addition of molecular hydrogen occurred to give [(η5-C5Me5)Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)=NiPr)(μ-H)Ru(η5-C5Me5)(H)]+, which was isolated and characterized.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja016899h
DO - 10.1021/ja016899h
M3 - Article
C2 - 11804480
AN - SCOPUS:0037196280
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 124
SP - 534
EP - 535
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 4
ER -