“…The deuterated solvents were purchased from Aldrich and dried over 4 A Ê molecular sieves. RuTp(PPh 3 ) 2 Cl (1) [19], RuTp(PPh 3 )(=C=CHPh)Cl (2) [3], RuTp(PPh 3 )(py)Cl (3) [3], RuTp(PPh 3 )(PMe 3 )Cl (4) [20], RuTp(PPh 3 )(CO)Cl (5) [3], RuTp(PCy 3 ) (OMe)Cl (7) [8], RuTp(pn)Cl (8) [4], RuTp(dppe)Cl (9) [4], RuCp*(pn)Cl (10) [11], Ru(pn) 2 Cl 2 (11) [21], RuTp(PPh 3 ) 2 H (12) [22], RuTp(COD)Cl (13) [4], RuTp(py) 2 Cl (14) [4], and RuTp(PCy 3 ) (=C=CHBu n )Cl (15) [8] were prepared according to the literature. 1 H, 13 C{ 1 H}, and 31 P{ 1 H} NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker AC-250 spectrometer operating at 250.13, 62.86 and 101.26 MHz, respectively, and were referenced to SiMe 4 and H 3 PO 4 (85%).…”