Synthesis and characterisation of the hexanuclear bimetallic cluster, [{Ru2(CO)8}(µ4-Bi){(µ-H)Ru3(CO)10}]
Abstract
The bimetallic cluster [Ru5H(CO)18(µ4-Bi)] has been prepared from the reaction of Bi(NO3)3·5H2O and Na[Ru3H(CO)11] in methanol, and shown by X-ray analysis to be a spiro-cluster containing a ‘Ru2(CO)8’ fragment connected to a ‘Ru3H(CO)10’ fragment by a µ4-bismuth atom with a pseudo-tetrahedral co-ordination geometry.