Syntheses and characterization of [(η6-C6Me6)Ru(μ-N3)(X)]2 (X = N3 and Cl) complexes and their reactions towards mono- and bidentate ligands

The reaction of [(η6-C6Me6)Ru(μ-Cl)Cl]21 with sodium azide in various concentrations generates versatile orange-colored dimeric complexes [{(η6-C6Me6)Ru(μ-N3)(N3)}2] 2 and [{(η6-C6Me6)Ru(μ-N3)(Cl)}2] 3. These compounds undergo a variety of substitution reactions with neutral ligands to afford mononuclear and binuclear bridged complexes.