title: Bimetallic octahedral ruthenium-nickel carbido cluster complexes. Synthesis and structural characterization.
abstract: The reaction of Ru5(CO)15(μ5-C) with Ni(COD)2 in acetonitrile at 80 °C affords the bimetallic octahedral ruthenium-nickel cluster complex Ru5Ni(NCMe)(CO)15(μ6-C), 3. The acetonitrile ligand in 3 can be replaced by CO and NH3 to yield Ru5Ni(CO)16(μ6-C), 4, and Ru5Ni(NH3)(CO)15(μ6-C), 5, respectively. Photolysis of compound 3 in benzene and toluene solvent yielded the η(6)-coordinated benzene and toluene Ru5Ni carbido cluster complexes Ru5Ni(CO)13(η(6)-C6H6)(μ6-C), 6, and Ru5Ni(CO)13(η(6)-C7H8)(μ6-C), 7, respectively. All five new compounds were structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, United States.
authors: Sumit
authors: S
authors: Saha
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Zhu
authors: Burjor
authors: B
authors: Captain
mesh_terms: D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009532:Nickel / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D009532:Nickel; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D012428:Ruthenium