Ruthenium(II)Cl2-Bis(oxazolinyl)bipyridine Complex. Its Structure and Reactivity

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1994.1111

A mixture of 2 and 6,6'-bis(oxazolinyl)-2,2'-bipyridine (Bipymox-ip) was heated in ethanol at 70 deg C to produce Ru(II)Cl2(Bipymox-ip), of which structure was clarified by X-ray analysis to show that Bipymox-ip binds as a tetradentate ligand.Its catalytic activities for transformations of diazoacetates in dimerization and cyclopropanation with styrene were examined and its spectroelectrochemistry was studied.