J. M. Towranicky, E. Schram
1980
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Inorganica Chimica Acta
Abstract
Abstract Treatment of dihydridotetrakis(triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II), I, with 1,4-dichlorooctaphenyltetrasilane, II, in the presence of triethylamine afford dimeric chlorohydrido(tris-triphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II), III. The combined analytical and spectroscopic characterizationof III are consistent with a bis(μ-chloro) geometry with structurally equivalent PPh 3 moieties on the NMR time scale. III undergoes spontaneous decomposition in benzene and THF with quantitative evolution of dihydrogen and formation of [(PPh 3 ) 3 RuCl] x . The hydrolysis of III is described at both 80 °C and 100 °C with the former temperature affording a stoichiometric quantity of dihydrogen while the latter temperature affords additional dihydrogen,