Cyclopropanation of Ru-diimino-pyridine ligand complexes.
Reaction of 2,6-bis(imino)pyridines with (Cy(3)P)(2)RuCl(2)(CHPh) affords the complexes C(6)H(3)N(CMeNC(6)H(4)R)(CCH(2)CHPh) NHC(6)H(5))RuCl(2)(PCy(3)) (R = H 1, iPr 2) arising from the cyclopropanation of the ligand.
Brown
Christopher C
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Department of Chemistry, 80 St. George St., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3H6.
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Douglas W
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