Cyclopropanation of Ru-diimino-pyridine ligand complexes†
Abstract
Reaction of 2,6-bis(imino)pyridines with (Cy3P)2RuCl2(CHPh) affords the complexes C6H3N(CMeNC6H4R)(CCH2CHPh) NHC6H5)RuCl2(PCy3) (R = H 1, iPr 2) arising from the cyclopropanation of the