A new binding geometry for an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane: a ruthenium(II) complex with a chelating (η1-NHC)2:η6-arene ligand

Murray V. Baker; David H. Brown; Rosenani A. Haque; Brian W. Skelton; Allan H. White

doi:10.1039/B916498G

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A new binding geometry for an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane: a ruthenium(II) complex with a chelating (η¹-NHC)₂:η⁶-arene ligand†

Murray V. Baker,*^a David H. Brown,^ab Rosenani A. Haque,^a Brian W. Skelton^a and Allan H. White^a

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^b Nanochemistry Research Institute, Department of Applied Chemistry, Curtin University of Technology, Kent St, Bentley, WA, Australia

Abstract

Using two different reaction procedures, a Ru(II) complex has been isolated that contains an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) that binds to the Ru centre through two carbene carbons and one of the arene rings in an η⁶-mode.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B916498G
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 11 Aug 2009
Accepted: 23 Sep 2009
First published: 16 Oct 2009

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Dalton Trans., 2010,39, 70-72

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A new binding geometry for an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane: a ruthenium(II) complex with a chelating (η¹-NHC)₂:η⁶-arene ligand

M. V. Baker, D. H. Brown, R. A. Haque, B. W. Skelton and A. H. White, Dalton Trans., 2010, 39, 70 DOI: 10.1039/B916498G

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