Substituent dependence of the reactions of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] with bulky aromatic thiols

Peter T Bishop; Andrew R Cowley; Jonathan R Dilworth; Andrew J Saunders; John G Woollard-Shore

doi:10.1039/b515244e

Substituent dependence of the reactions of [RuCl2(PPh3)3] with bulky aromatic thiols

Dalton Trans. 2006 Mar 14:(10):1267-70. doi: 10.1039/b515244e. Epub 2006 Jan 10.

Authors

Peter T Bishop¹, Andrew R Cowley, Jonathan R Dilworth, Andrew J Saunders, John G Woollard-Shore

Affiliation

¹ Johnson-Matthey Technology Centre, Blounts Court, Sonning Common, Reading, RG4 9NH, UK.

PMID: 16505904
DOI: 10.1039/b515244e

Abstract

2,4,6-trialkylbenzenethiols react with [RuCl2(PPh3)3] to give Ru products with the alkyl substituents forming M-C sigma bonds, carbene, carbene with a S alpha-heteroatom, agostic hydrogen interaction or a simple tetrahedral Ru(II) species, depending on the substituent.