A facile structural rearrangement to unprecedented mu 2-eta 6:eta 6-bis(cyclopentadienylidene)ethene diruthenium complexes in the oxidation of 1,2-bis(ruthenocenyl)ethynes.
The two-electron oxidation of 1,2-bis(ruthenocenyl)ethynes and bis(1',2',3',4',5'-pentamethylruthenocenyl)ethynes, prepared from alkyne metathesis of the corresponding propynes, gave the unprecedented mu 2-eta 6:eta 6-bis(cyclopentadienylidene)ethene diruthenium complexes.
Sato
Masaru
M
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama 338-8570, Japan. msato@chem.saitama-u.ac.jp
Watanabe
Masanobu
M