Novel reactions of alkynes on dinuciear ruthenium centres bridged by thiolate ligands; syntheses and characterization of (η5-C5Me5)Ru(µ2-H)(µ2-SPri)[η2-µ2-Me3SiC
CC(
CHSiMe3)C
CSiMe3]Ru(η5-C5Me5) and (η5-C5Me5)Ru(C
CTol)(µ2-SPri)2Ru(C
CTol)(η5-C5Me5)
Abstract
Paramagnetic complexes (η5-C5Me5)Ru(µ2-SPri)3Ru(η5-C5Me5)1 and (η5-C5Me5)Ru(µ2-SPri)2Ru(η5-C5Me5)2 react with HCCSiMe3 to give a novel diamagnetic diruthenium complex (η5-C5Me5)Ru(µ2-H)(µ2-SPri)[η2-µ2-Me3SiC
CC(
CSiMe3)C
CSiMe3]Ru(η5-C5Me5)3 which easily releases a free alkyne trimer (Me3SiC
C)2C
CHSiMe3 by air oxidation, whereas treatment of 1 with HC
CTol affords another diamagnetic diruthenium complex (η5-C5Me5)Ru(C
CTol)(µ2-SPri)2Ru(C
CTol)(η5-C5Me5)6, (Tol =p-tolyl).