title: Sterically driven synthesis of ruthenium and ruthenium-silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.
abstract: A straightforward and efficient synthetic route to novel Ru N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complexes by transmetallation of non-bulky silver NHC to ruthenium dicarbonyl tetraarylcyclopentadienone is described. The same procedure with sterically demanding NHC leads to unprecedented heterobimetallic Ru-Ag(NHC) complexes.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Industriale "Toso Montanari", viale Risorgimento 4, 40136 Bologna, Italy. rita.mazzoni@unibo.it.
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authors.lastname: Cesari
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authors.lastname: Conti
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authors.lastname: Zacchini
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authors.lastname: Zanotti
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authors.lastname: Cassani
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authors.lastname: Mazzoni