Syntheses, structures and reactivity of dinuclear organoruthenium-nickel complexes with N,N′-bis(2-thiobenzylidene)-1,2-phenylenediaminato (tsalphen) ligand

Two cationic bimetallic organoruthenium-nickel Ni(μ-S)2Ru complexes containing metalloligand [Ni(tsalphen)] have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography, they could catalyze acetalation of benzaldehyde with ethanol in the presence of H2.111