Institution: | a Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia b Department of Chemistry, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6907, Australia |
Abstract: | The complexes RuC(CCPh)=CPhC(CCPh)=CPh(CO)3(NMe3) (3), Ru2μ-C(CCPh)=CPhC(CCPh)=CPh(CO)6 (1), Ru2μ-C(CCPh)=CPh]2CO(CO)6 (2), Ru3(μ3-PhC2CCPh)(μ-CO)(CO)9 (4) and Ru4(μ4-PhC2CCPh)(CO)12 (5) have been isolated from reactions between PhC2C2Ph and Ru3(CO)12 or RU3(CO)10(NCMe)2. The molecular structures of complexes 1, 2, 3 and 5 have been determined from single-crystal X-ray studies. All complexes have precedents in similar products obtained from reactions involving mono-ynes; in the present cases, each alkyne fragment retains a phenylethynyl (PhCC---) group as a non-coordinated substituent. |