A new binding geometry for an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane: a ruthenium(II) complex with a chelating (eta(1)-NHC)2:eta(6)-arene ligand.
Using two different reaction procedures, a Ru(II) complex has been isolated that contains an ortho-xylylene-linked bis(NHC)cyclophane (NHC = N-heterocyclic carbene) that binds to the Ru centre through two carbene carbons and one of the arene rings in an eta(6)-mode.
Baker
Murray V
MV
Chemistry M313, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia. murray.baker@uwa.edu.au
Brown
David H
DH
Haque
Rosenani A
RA
Skelton
Brian W
BW
White
Allan H
AH