Dalton communications. Synthesis and crystal structure of [RuCl2(PPh3){N(SiMe3)C(Ph)NH(PPh2)}]
Abstract
The interaction of (Ph2P)NC(Ph)[N(SiMe3)2] with 1 equivalent of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] in tetrahydrofuran gave [RuCl2(PPh3){N(SiMe3)C(Ph)NH(PPh2)}] whose structure established by X-ray crystallography suggests the presence of a γ-agostic interaction between ruthenium and one of the methyl groups of the N(SiMe3) imino group.