title: Preparation and crystallographic characterization of C60{η1-Ru(CO)2(η5-C5H5)}2: a locally crowded organometallic fullerene without the usual η2-bonding.
abstract: The reaction of {(η(5)-C5H5)Ru(CO)2}2 with C60 in toluene solution under thermal or photolytic conditions produces C60{η(1)-Ru(CO)2(η(5)-C5H5)}2, whose structure has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. The two Ru(CO)2(η(5)-C5H5) units are bound at the opposite ends of a hexagon on the fullerene surface and are closely intertwined.
authors: Department of Chemistry, University of California-Davis , One Shields Avenue, Davis, California 95616 United States.
authors: Faye L
authors: FL
authors: Bowles
authors: Marilyn M
authors: MM
authors: Olmstead
authors: Alan L
authors: AL
authors: Balch