In the title compound, [Ru(CH3OCS2)2(C18H15P)2], the Ru(II) atom is in a distorted octa-hedral coordination by two xanthate anions (CH3OCS2) and two tri-phenyl-phosphane (PPh3) ligands. Both bidentate xanthate ligands coordinate the Ru(II) atom with two slightly different Ru-S bond lengths but with virtually equal bite angles [71.57 (4) and 71.58 (3)°]. The packing of the complexes is assured b...

Reaction of [Ru(OAc)2(PPh3)2] with a P-functionalized imidazolium bromide easily affords a cationic abnormal carbene Ru system. Metalation with Ag2O yields a Ru-Ag complex containing an anionic dicarbene ligand, while subsequent transmetalation with Au(tht)Cl leads to the corresponding Ru-Au system. The bimetallic complexes were characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and are the firs...

Star-burst tetranuclear Ru(iii) complexes, Delta-(or Lambda-)[{Delta-(or Lambda-)-Ru(iii)(acac)(2)(taet)}(3)Ru(iii)] (acac = acetylacetonato; taet = tetraacetylethanato), were prepared and resolved into eight enantiomers on a column packed with an ion-exchange adduct of a clay and Delta-[Ru(ii)(phen)(3)](2+) (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline), demonstrating that the dual chiralities of the central an...

In the title triangulo-triruthenium compound, [Ru(3)(C(25)H(22)As(2))(C(19)H(17)PS)(CO)(9)], the bis-(diphenyl-arsanyl)methane ligand bridges an Ru-Ru bond and the monodentate phosphane ligand bonds to the third Ru atom. Both arsine and phosphane ligands are equatorial with respect to the Ru(3) triangle. In addition, each Ru atom carries one equatorial and two axial terminal carbonyl ligands. T...

The structure of the title complex, [FeRu(C5H5)(C5H4OPS2)(CO)(C18H15P)2(H2O)]·CH2Cl2, consists of one neutral [{FcP(O)S2}Ru(CO)(H2O)(PPh3)2] complex [Fc = Fe(η(5)-C5H4)(η(5)-C5H5)] and one CH2Cl2 solvent mol-ecule. The geometry around the Ru(II) atom is pseudo-octa-hedral, with two cis-binding PPh3 ligands and one chelating bidentate [Fc(O)PS2](2-) ligand via two S atoms. The average Ru-S and R...

In the title triangulo-triruthenium compound, [Ru(3)(C(25)H(22)As(2))(C(18)H(15)Sb)(CO)(9)], the bis-(diphenyl-arsino)methane ligand bridges an Ru-Ru bond and the monodentate stibine ligand bonds to the third Ru atom. Both the stibine and arsine ligands are equatorial with respect to the Ru(3) triangle. Additionally, each Ru atom carries one equatorial and two axial terminal carbonyl ligands. T...

In the title triangulo-triruthenium compound, [Ru(3)(C(25)H(22)As(2))(C(21)H(21)P)(CO)(9)], the bis-(diphenyl-arsino)methane ligand bridges a Ru-Ru bond and the monodentate phosphine ligand bonds to the third Ru atom. Both the phosphine and arsine ligands are equatorial with respect to the Ru(3) triangle. Additionally, each Ru atom carries one equatorial and two axial terminal carbonyl ligands....

Arene ruthenium complexes [(h-arene)Ru(sacc)2(OH2)] (arene 1⁄4 para-cymeme, benzene) containing an aqua and two saccharinato ligands have been synthesized from [(h-arene)RuCl2]2 and sodium saccharinate in a water-ethanol mixture (1:1). The aqua complex [(h-MeC6H4Pr)Ru(sacc)2(OH2)] reacts with acetonitrile to give the acetonitrile complex [(h-MeC6H4Pr)Ru(sacc)2(NCMe)]. The corresponding benzene ...

Pd and Ru are two key elements of the platinum-group metals that are invaluable to areas such as catalysis and energy storage/transfer. To maximize the potential of the Pd and Ru elements, significant effort has been devoted to synthesizing Pd-Ru bimetallic materials. However, most of the reports dealing with this subject describe phase-separated structures such as near-surface alloys and physi...