title: Synthesis of cyclopentadienyl ruthenium complexes bearing pendant chelating picolinates through an electrophilic precursor.
abstract: This note reports the facile synthesis of two ruthenium cyclopentadienyl half-sandwich complexes functionalized with coordinating alpha-picolinates. The synthetic approach involves the (eta(5)-chloromethylcyclopentadienyl)(eta(6)-benzene)ruthenium(II) cation as a useful common building block for cyclopentadienyl complexes bearing anchored ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34 Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 (USA).
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Streu
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Rakesh K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kohli
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meggers