Half-sandwich trihydrido ruthenium complexes

This paper reports facile preparation of half-sandwich trihydrido complexes of ruthenium based on the reactions of the readily available precursors [Cp(R3P)Ru(NCCH3)2][PF6] with LiAlH4. The target complexes were characterized by spectroscopic methods and X-ray structure analysis of Cp(PhPr2iP)RuH3.

Half-sandwich trihydrido complexes of ruthenium can be easily prepared by the reaction of [Cp(R3P)Ru(NCCH3)2]+[EFn]− (EFn = BF4,PF6]) with LiAlH4.Figure optionsDownload as PowerPoint slide