Abstract
Treatment of [Ru(PPh3)3Cl2] with one equivalent of tridentate Schiff base 2-[(2-dimethylamino-ethylimino)-methyl]-phenol (HL) in the presence of triethylamine afforded a ruthenium(III) complex [RuCl3(κ2-N,N-NH2CH2CH2NMe2)(PPh3)] as a result of decomposition of HL. Interaction of HL and one equivalent of [RuHCl(CO)(PPh3)3], [Ru(CO)2Cl2] or [Ru(tht)4Cl2] (tht = tetrahydrothiophene) under different conditions led to isolation of the corresponding ruthenium(II) complexes [RuCl(κ3-N,N,O-L)(CO)(PPh3)] (2), [RuCl(κ3-N,N,O-L)(CO)2] (3), and a ruthenium(III) complex [RuCl2(κ3-N,N,O-L)(tht)] (4), respectively. Molecular structures of 1·CH2Cl2, 2·CH2Cl2, 3 and 4 have been determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.