A. Rudi et al., RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES OF EILATIN - FACE SELECTIVITY IN OCTAHEDRAL GEOMETRY - SYNTHESIS OF [RU(BPY)(2)(EILATIN)](2+) AND [RU(PHEN)(2)(EILATIN)](2+), Chemical communications, (1), 1997, pp. 17-18
Eilatin, a marine alkaloid, is a potentially bifacial ligand that pref
ers to bind through its less hindered face in sterically demanding geo
metries as evident by the selective synthesis of two octahedral ruthen
ium complexes.