“…The abbreviations for the ligands are bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine, phen = 1,lO-phenanthroline, Ph2phen = 4,7-diphenyl-l,lO-phenanthroline, 5,6-Me2phen = 5,6-dimethyl-l,lO-phenanthroline, and 4,7-Me2phen = 4,7-dimethyl-1,lO-phenanthroline. The BPh4-salt of Ru(4,7-Me,phen),?+ was prepared by metathesis from the perchlorate salt (16). In addition, the cis-Ru(phen),(CN), was prepared by literature methods (17).…”