Synthesis and characterization of a new dinuclear ruthenium(II) complex with a bridging P/S-ligand

Abstract

We describe the synthesis of a new (aminomethyl)phosphine, 1-Ph₂PCH₂NH{2-SCH₂C₆H₄(4-OMe)}C₆H₄ (L₁) with P/S donor capabilities and show that this ligand can bind in a P/S-bridging mode to two {RuCl₂(C₁₀H₁₄)} fragments. The X-ray crystal structure of [1-Ph₂P{RuCl₂(C₁₀H₁₄)}CH₂NH][2-S{RuCl₂(C₁₀H₁₄)}CH₂C₆H₄(4-OMe)]C₆H₄ (1) has been determined.

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Keywords:

• Tertiary phosphine
• sulfide
• X-ray crystallography
• ruthenium(II) complex

Acknowledgements

MK would like to thank the Turkish Council of Research and Technology (TUBITAK) for a Research Fellowship (2013 – 2014) and Pamukkale University for research support. We thank the UK National Crystallography Service at the University of Southampton for data collection for 1·CHCl₃.