title: Merging of inner and outer ruthenium organometallic coordination motifs within an azuliporphyrin framework.
abstract: The insertion of ruthenium(II) into an azuliporphyrin (TPAP) has yielded carbonyl ruthenium(II) azuliporphyrin [Ru(TPAP)(CO)] featuring an equatorial CNNN set of donors. Its azulene moiety serves as the π-coordination platform to accommodate the Ru4(CO)9 cluster. This chemistry proved to be general giving rise to a series of bimetallic complexes [M(TPAP){Ru4(CO)9}] (M = Ru(CO), Ni, Pd, Pt).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, F. Joliot-Curie 14, 50-383 Wrocław, Poland. lechoslaw.latos-grazynski@chem.uni.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Michał J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Białek
authors.forename: Lechosław
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Latos-Grażyński