A diruthenium(II) complex containing an unprecedented bridging S,O-bidentate dimethyl sulfoxide ligand
Abstract
The diruthenium(II) complex [Ru2(µ-Cl)(µ-H)(µ-Me2SO)-Cl2(Me2SO)4]·2CH2Cl2 is prepared from [RuCl2(Me2SO)4] in methanol in the presence of Na2(xdk)[H2xdk =m-xylenediamine bis(Kemp's triacid imide)] and characterized by X-ray crystallography which reveals an unprecedented S,O-bidentate bridging Me2SO ligand.