title: Efficient ruthenium-catalysed S-S, S-Si and S-B bond forming reactions.
abstract: [RuCl(PPh3)2(3-phenylindenyl)] (1) has been shown to be an efficient catalyst in thiol dehydrogenative coupling to give disulfides. Moreover, an efficient procedure for the preparation of silylthioethers and thioboranes is presented. Complex 1 demonstrated a great ability to catalyse the coupling of thiols with silanes and boranes under mild conditions with excellent results (turnover number up to 200).
authors.affiliation: EaStCHEM School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
authors.forename: José A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fernández-Salas
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manzini
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Nolan