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[Ru6(μ6-Sb)(CO)18]3−: deeply reduced metal carbonyl cluster embedded with naked μ6-Sb

Cheng Ding,a   Xian Xu,b   Qian Qin,c   Jingen Ding*b  and  Li Xu ORCID logo c  

* Corresponding authors

a Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350122, P. R. China

b Second Hospital of Sanming City, Sanming, Fujian, P. R. China
E-mail: dingp8088@gmail.com

c State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, P. R. China

Abstract

The redox reaction of K3Sb and Ru3(CO)12 in the ethylenediamine (en) of 2,2,2-cryptand produces the deeply reduced [Ru6(μ6-Sb)(μ2-CO)2(CO)16]3− (1), wherein the unprecedented boat-like Ru6 cluster unit is embedded with μ6-Sb for the first time. The structural and bonding evolution from the reported electroneutral {Ru6(μ5-Sb)(μ2-H)3(CO)18SbPh3} (2) to the negatively charged 1 is discussed.

Graphical abstract: [Ru6(μ6-Sb)(CO)18]3−: deeply reduced metal carbonyl cluster embedded with naked μ6-Sb

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D6DT00002A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
01 Jan 2026
Accepted
03 Feb 2026
First published
04 Feb 2026

Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance Article

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[Ru6(μ6-Sb)(CO)18]3−: deeply reduced metal carbonyl cluster embedded with naked μ6-Sb

C. Ding, X. Xu, Q. Qin, J. Ding and L. Xu, Dalton Trans., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D6DT00002A

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