A versatile route to [Ru₃(CO)₁₁(alkyne)] complexes

Abstract

Alkynes react at low temperature with [Ru₃H(µ-H)(CO)₁₁] to afford the novel [Ru₃(CO)₁₁(alkyne)] complexes, which correspond to the first stage of the coordination of alkynes to metal clusters and are the precursors of the previously reported [Ru₃(CO)₉(µ-CO)(µ₃-η² -alkyne)] derivatives.

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