Dj. Huang et al., OXIDATIVE ADDITION OF A SI-C(SP) BOND TO RUTHENIUM - SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF RU(SIME(3))(C-CSIME(3))(CO)(P(T)BU(2)ME)(2), Organometallics, 16(3), 1997, pp. 292-293
Me(3)SiC=CSiMe(3) reacts with Ru(H)(2)(CO)L(2) (L = P(t)Bu(2)Me) to gi
ve Ru(SiMe(3))(CCSiMe(3))(CO)L(2), characterized by solution spectrosc
opic and single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. The molecule is squ
are-pyramidal with an apical SiMe(3) group and CO and CCSiMe(3) in mut
ually trans basal sites.