Photoreactivity of bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)benzylidene ruthenium dichloride (Grubbs's catalyst)

Authors
Kunkely, H Vogler, A
Citation
H. Kunkely et A. Vogler, Photoreactivity of bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)benzylidene ruthenium dichloride (Grubbs's catalyst), INORG CHIM, 325(1-2), 2001, pp. 179-181
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry
Journal title
INORGANICA CHIMICA ACTA
ISSN journal
00201693 → ACNP
Volume
325
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
179 - 181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-1693(200112)325:1-2<179:POBRD>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
The carbene complex Ru-II(CHPh)(PCy3)(2)Cl-2 (CY = cyclohexyl) in benzene u ndergoes a photochemical release of a phosphine ligand with phi = 2.5 x 10( -3) at lambda (irr) = 546 nm. The reactive excited state is assumed to be a ligand field triplet. It is suggested that the photodissociation is initia ted by a distortion of the complex from a square-planar towards a trigonal- bipyramidal structure. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.