Reduction of sulfur monoxide on a hexanuclear ruthenium complex

Abstract

The sulfur monoxide unit, which originates from a gaseous SO₂ molecule trapped on a Ru₆-cluster, is easily reduced either by CO or H₂ to the sulfide ligand with concomitant skeletal cluster rearrangement, where the resulting cluster shape depends largely on the amount of the reducing agent taken up by the cluster.

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