title: The preparation and characterisation of ruthenium cyanovinylidene complexes.
abstract: Reactions of half-sandwich ruthenium metal acetylide complexes with 1-cyano-4-dimethylaminopyridinium salts afford complexes containing mono- or di-cyanovinylidene ligands; the procedure can be adapted to permit the simple synthesis of a cyanoacetylide complex, via the in situ deprotonation of a primary cyanovinylidene complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Durham University, South Rd, Durham, UK DH1 3LE.
authors.forename: Neil J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Prisca K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Eckert
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: Dmitri S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Yufit
authors.forename: Judith A K
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Low