The
complex salt [CpRu(η6-C10H8)][(CpRu)2(μ-Cl)3] ([1][2]) was synthesized and found to be a useful CpRuCl
synthon. The ions [1]+ and [2]− cleanly comproportionate into monomeric CpRuCl(L)2 complexes with liberation of naphthalene upon treatment with
donor ligands L such as DMSO, tBuNH2,
1,5-cycloctadiene, and CO. The amine adduct [CpRuCl(NH2
tBu)2] allows access to the coordinatively
unsaturated dimeric amido complex [CpRu(NHtBu)]2, which is subsequently transformed into the bridging
imido complexes [(CpRu)2(μ-NtBu)(μ-CH2)] and [(CpRu)2(μ-NtBu)(μ-CH)]+. The imido methylidyne complex shows enhanced electrophilicity
at the methylidyne carbon compared to its bulkier C5Me5 congener and also allows access to a less hindered parent
Cp version of the diruthenocarbene ligand in the form of the Ru2Cu μ3-carbido complex [(CpRu)2(μ-NtBu)(μ3-C)Cu{N(SiMe3)2}]. The salt [1][2]
also gives a novel tetranuclear μ4-oxo cluster [(CpRuCl)4(μ4-O)] upon oxidation in air or by N-methylmorpholine N-oxide.
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