title: Synthesis and characterization of bis-triruthenium cluster derivatives of an all equatorial [60]fullerene tetramalonate.
abstract: The reaction of the tetrakis[di(ethoxycarbonyl)methano]-C60 (1) with Ru3(CO)12 afforded the first bis-parallel C60-metal cluster complex: parallel-[Ru3(CO)9]2{μ3-η(2),η(2),η(2)-C60[C(COOC2H5)2]4}. The two triruthenium groups are found in either a parallel or a tilted orientation relative to each other, as determined by NMR. Only the parallel form was characterized by X-ray crystallography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. echegoyen@utep.edu.
authors.forename: Chia-Hsiang
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Amineh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aghabali
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: Marilyn M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Olmstead
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Balch
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Echegoyen