title: A facile route to Ru-alkylidenes.
abstract: Reactions of dithioacetal E(CH2CH2S)2CHR (E = O, S, R = Ph, C6F5) and O(C6H4S)2CHPh with either Ru(cod)(cot) or Ru(PPh3)3(H)2 are used to prepare the Ru-alkylidene complexes E(CH2CH2S)2RuCHPh(L), O(C6H4S)2RuCHPh(L) (L = PCy3, SIMes) in high yields.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5S 3H6. dstephan@chem.utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Adam M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: McKinty
authors.forename: Douglas W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stephan