title: Heterolytic H2 splitting across a Ru-S bond leading to the replacement of S by O in the carborane-dithiolato ligand of a 15-electron Ru(III) complex.
abstract: A 15-electron Ru(III) complex containing carborane-thiolato ligands heterolytically cleaves dihydrogen at ambient pressure and temperature to give Ru(IV)/Ru(II) species containing a hydrido ligand at Ru(IV) and SH ligand at Ru(II). In the presence of HBF4·H2O the reaction further leads to an unprecedented replacement of an S atom by an O atom in the carborane-dithiolato ligand.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China.
authors.forename: Qibai
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Zhaojin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yizhi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yan
mesh_terms: D001880:Boranes / Q000737:chemistry*; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D008024:Ligands; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D011312:Pressure; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013455:Sulfur / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001880:Boranes; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D008024:Ligands; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D013455:Sulfur; D012428:Ruthenium; D010100:Oxygen