Hydrogen loss from pentamethylcyclopentadienyl–ruthenium complexes; the synthesis and X-ray structure of [Ru(C5Me4CH2Cl)Cl3(Me2S)]
Abstract
Reaction of [{C5Me5RuCl2}2] with Me2SO (in air in CHCl3) gives [(C5Me4CH2)RuCl2(Me2SO)], 2a; this reacts with HCl to give [(C5Me4CH2Cl)RuCl3(Me2S)](also in high yield), characterised by an X-ray structure determination.