Thermal transformations of tris(2-thienyl)phosphine (PTh3) at low-valent ruthenium cluster centers: Part I. Carbon-hydrogen, carbon-phosphorus and carbon-sulfur bond activation yielding Ru3(CO)8L{μ-Th2P(C4H2S)}(μ-H) (L = CO, PTh3), Ru3(CO)7(μ-PTh2)2(

The heterodifunctional tris(2-thienyl)phosphine undergoes carbon-hydrogen, carbon-phosphorus and carbon-sulfur bond activation at low valent ruthenium cluster centers upon heating which lead to the formation of a number of new polynuclear ruthenium clusters.118