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Substituent dependence of the reactions of [RuCl2(PPh 3)3] with bulky aromatic thiols
Bishop, Peter T.,Cowley, Andrew R.,Dilworth, Jonathan R.,Saunders, Andrew J.,Woollard-Shore, John G.
, p. 1267 - 1270 (2006)
The reactions of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] with bulky aromatic thiolates were investigated to under their dependence on substituents. The geometry of the Ru metal center was found distorted trigonal bipyramidal with the C and P atoms occupying the axial positions. The thiolate arene groups were directed away from the bulky phosphine ligand to give a cup-like shape to the molecule. The results show that corresponding thiols with ethyl and isopropyl groups give a paramagnetic Ru (III) complex and a tetrahedral Ru (II) complex respectively.
