Chemistry Letters, Vol.40, No.10, 1167-1169, 2011
Synthesis and Skeletal Transformation of Cyanamido(2-)- and Cyanamido(1-)-Bridged Ruthenium Complexes with Hexamethylbenzene Ligands
A series of cyanamido-bridged di- and tetraruthenium complexes with eta(6)-C6Me6 ligands have been synthesized, and their interconversion reactions have been investigated. Facile interconversion between the mu(2)-kappa N,kappa N and mu(2)-kappa N,kappa N' coordination modes of NCNH ligands at a dimetallic core has been observed for the first time.