title: Relationship between metal-metal bond length and internal rotation in diruthenium tetracarboxylate paddlewheel complexes.
abstract: The Ru-Ru bond length for Ru2II,III and Ru2II,II paddlewheel complexes containing the bulky carboxylate ligand 2,4,6-triisopropylbenzoate was found to decrease despite a reduction in Ru-Ru bond order, due to increased internal rotation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK S3 7HF.
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gracia
authors.forename: Harry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Nathan J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Patmore