METAL-METAL BONDED RUTHENIUM-MANGANESE COMPLEXES: AN UNEXPECTED PHOSPHIDO-BRIDGED COMPLEX

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)89519-9

Reactions of NaMn(CO)5 with RuCl2(PMe3)4, RuCl2(dppm)2 and RuCl2(PPh3)3 lead either to an ionic species ^{+ -} or to metal-metal bonded Ru-Mn compounds such as RuMn(μ-CO)2(CO)3(μ-dppm)2Cl, and, quite unexpectedly, to the μ-phosphido complex RuMn(μ-PPh2)(CO)6(PPh3)2 via a hydride intermediate.