S. Elgafi et al., SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES CONTAINING BIDENTATE IMIDAZOLE-BASED LIGANDS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (13), 1997, pp. 2341-2345
Ruthenium(II) complexes containing the bidentate imidazole-based ligan
ds (MeN2H2C3)(2)CO L-1, (MeN2H2C3)(2)CHOH L-2 and (MeN2H2C3)(2)CH2 L-3
(where 1-MeN2H2C3 = 1-methylimidazol-2-yl), [Ru(PPh3)(2)H(CO)L-1]Cl 1
, [Ru(PPh3)(2)H(CO)L-2]Cl 2 and [Ru(PPh3)(2)H(CO)L-3]Cl 3, were synthe
sized by the reaction of L-1-L-3 with [Ru(PPh3)(3)H(Cl)(CO)] in toluen
e. The complexes were characterised by NMR spectroscopy and the crysta
l structures of [Ru(PPh3)(2)H(CO)L-1]BF4 4 and [Ru(PPh3)(2)H(CO)L-2]OH
5 determined.