title: Synthesis and characterisation of tetramethylfulvene complexes of ruthenium.
abstract: Reactions of [RuCp*Cl2]2 with dibenzoylmethane and triethylamine, in either dichloromethane or toluene, produced the complexes [RuCl(η(6)-C5Me4CH2)(PhCOCCOPh)] (1) and [RuCl3(η(6)-C5Me4CH2)][RuCp*(C6H5CH3)] (2) respectively under mild conditions. Both compounds 1 and 2 are examples of an unusual tetramethylfulvene-ruthenium structure, obtained by deprotonation of the pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligand, and were characterised by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
authors.affiliation: iPRD, School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK. P.C.McGowan@leeds.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Bárzano
authors.forename: A John
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blacker
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: McGowan