Sc. Sarker et Rk. Poddar, CATIONIC COMPLEXES OF RUTHENIUM(III) AND RUTHENIUM(II) WITH TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE AND OTHER LIGANDS, Synthesis and reactivity in inorganic and metal-organic chemistry, 24(3), 1994, pp. 457-471
First example of Ru(II) and Ru(III) complexes having five PPh3 groups
coordinated to the metal, viz. [Ru(PPh3)5(ClO4)](ClO4)x, (x = 1 or 2)
are reported. Some other cationic complexes, viz., [Ru(PPh3)4(CS)2] (C
lO4)x, (x = 2 or 3), and [Ru(PPh3)(CS)2(Py2](ClO4)2 are also reported.
All the cationic complexes are characterised by elemental analysis an
d various physical measurements.