The phosphinomethylsilyl group as a bifunctional bridging ligand. X-ray crystal structure of hexacarbonylbis(μ-diphenylphosphinomethyldimethylsilyl) diruthenium(II), and of its reaction product with trifluoroacetic acid, a mononuclear ruthenium(II) complex incorporating a unique co-ordinated silanol

Mary J. Auburn, Rupert D. Holmes-Smith, Stephen R. Stobart, Michael J. Zaworotko, T. Stanley Cameron, Amrita Kumari

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Abstract

Reaction between Ru3(CO)12 and Ph2PCH 2SiMe2H affords the symmetrical bridged diruthenium complex [Ru2(μ-PPh2CH2SiMe2) 2(CO)6] in which Ru-Ru = 3.056(1) Å; treatment of this dimer with CF3CO2H leads to formation of a mononuclear phosphinomethyldimethylsilanol complex [Ru(PPh2CH 2SiMe2OH)(CO)2(CO2CF 3)2·Et2O] in which Ru-OSi = 2.19 Å, δ(OH) = 12.12, and the solvating Et2O molecule is H-bonded to the silanol-O with O ⋯ O 2.64 Å.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1523-1525
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1983
Externally publishedYes

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