Diruthenium_tetraacetate_chloride

Diruthenium tetraacetate chloride

Diruthenium tetraacetate chloride

Chemical compound

Diruthenium tetraacetate chloride is the coordination polymer with the formula {[Ru2(O2CCH3)4]Cl}n. A red brown solid, the compound is obtained by the reduction of ruthenium trichloride in acetic acid.[1] The compound has attracted much academic interest because it features a fractional metal-metal bond order of 2.5.[2]

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The [Ru2(O2CCH3)4]+ core adopts the Chinese lantern structure, with four acetate ligands spanning the Ru2 center. The Ru-Ru distance is 228 pm.[3][4] The [Ru2(O2CCH3)4]+ units are linked by bridging chloride ligands.

References

  1. [1]
    Mitchell, Robert W.; Spencer, Alwyn; Wilkinson, Geoffrey (1973). "Carboxylato-Triphenylphosphine complexes of Ruthenium, Cationic Triphenylphosphine Complexes Derived from Them, and Their Behaviour as homogeneous hydrogenation Catalysts for Alkenes". Journal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions (8): 846. doi:10.1039/DT9730000846.
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    Aquino, Manuel A.S. (1998). "Diruthenium and Diosmium Tetracarboxylates: Synthesis, Physical Properties and Applications". Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 170: 141–202. doi:10.1016/S0010-8545(97)00079-9.
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    Cotton, F.Albert; Kim, Youngmee; Ren, Tong (1993). "Molecular Structure and Magnetic Properties of a Linear Chain Compound, Ru2(O2CCMePh2)4Cl". Polyhedron. 12 (6): 607–611. doi:10.1016/S0277-5387(00)84975-X.
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    Martin, Don S.; Newman, Robert A.; Vlasnik, Lynn M. (1980). "Crystal structure and polarized electronic spectra for diruthenium tetraacetate chloride". Inorganic Chemistry. 19 (11): 3404–3407. doi:10.1021/ic50213a038. ISSN 0020-1669.
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