Complexes [((eta6-arene) RuCl2)2] (arene = benzene, p-cymene or hexame
thylbenzene), react with trialkylphosphine-carbon disulfide fide adduc
ts, S2CPR3 (R = cyclohexyl, Cy; or isopropyl, (i)Pr), in refluxing eth
anol in the presence of KPF6 to afford cationic complexes [(eta6-arene
)Ru(S2CPR3)Cl]PF6, which have been characterized by analytical and spe
ctroscopic methods. These complexes react with SnCl2 in CH2Cl2/THF to
afford trichlorostannato-derivatives [(eta6-arene)Ru(S2CPR3)(SnCl3)]PF
6 through insertion of SnCl2 into the Ru-Cl bond.