The synthesis, characterisation and catalytic behaviour of ruthenium indenylidene complexes bearing an N-heterocyclic carbene and triisopropylphosphite are described.

It is now well-known that (2)H solid-state NMR techniques can bring a better understanding of the interaction of deuterium with metal atoms in organometallic mononuclear complexes, clusters or nanoparticles. In that context, we have recently obtained experimental quadrupolar coupling constants and asymmetry parameters characteristic of deuterium atoms involved in various bonding situations in r...

Tracer studies in healthy volunteers using stable isotopes of ruthenium were performed with the objective of extending the limited knowledge about the biokinetics of the radionuclides of this element. Tracer solutions were prepared starting from metallic ruthenium powders enriched in either Ru or Ru (isotopic enrichment ca. 98%). Tracer administration was followed by the collection of blood and...

A series of kinetic and structural investigations on ruthenium-based catalysts for asymmetric transfer hydrogenation (ATH) of ketones are reported. A method is reported for monitoring the formation of ruthenium hydride species in real time using (1)H NMR spectroscopy.

The reactions of Ru(bpy)2(CO3) (bpy=2,2 -bipyridine) and Ru(phen)2(CO3) (phen=1,10-phenanthroline) with the binucleating phenolato diimine function, OH C6H4 C(CH3) N CH2 C6H4 CH2 N (CH3)C C6H4 OH, H2L in ethanol solvent under dinitrogen atmosphere result in ruthenium bipyridine/phenanthroline heterochelates [Ru(bpy)2/(phen)2L ](ClO4) 1 where L corresponds to the ketonic imine function O C6H4C(C...

A photoactivated ruthenium(II) arene complex has been conjugated to two receptor-binding peptides, a dicarba analogue of octreotide and the Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) tripeptide. These peptides can act as "tumor-targeting devices" since their receptors are overexpressed on the membranes of tumor cells. Both ruthenium-peptide conjugates are stable in aqueous solution in the dark, but upon irradiation wit...