(Benzene)ruthenium dichloride dimer is the

organoruthenium compound Organoruthenium chemistry is the chemistry of organometallic compounds containing a carbon to ruthenium chemical bond. Several organoruthenium catalysts are of commercial interest and organoruthenium compounds have been considered for cancer thera ...

with the formula CH)RuCl This red-coloured, diamagnetic solid is a reagent in organometallic chemistry and

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Preparation, structure, and reactions

The dimer is prepared by the reaction of

cyclohexadiene Cyclohexadiene may refer to: * 1,3-Cyclohexadiene, * 1,4-Cyclohexadiene, See also * Benzene or its theoretical isomer ''1,3,5-Cyclohexatriene'' * Cyclohexene Cyclohexene is a hydrocarbon with the formula C6H10. This cycloalkene is a colorl ...

s with hydrated

ruthenium trichloride Ruthenium(III) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula RuCl3. "Ruthenium(III) chloride" more commonly refers to the hydrate RuCl3·''x''H2O. Both the anhydrous and hydrated species are dark brown or black solids. The hydrate, with a va ...

. As verified by

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, each Ru center is coordinated to three chloride ligands and a η-benzene. The complex can be viewed as an edge-shared bioctahedral structure. (Benzene)ruthenium dichloride dimer reacts with Lewis bases to give monometallic

adduct An adduct (from the Latin ''adductus'', "drawn toward" alternatively, a contraction of "addition product") is a product of a direct addition of two or more distinct molecules, resulting in a single reaction product containing all atoms of all co ...

s: : CH)RuCl+ 2 PPh → 2 (CH)RuCl(PPh)

Related compounds

* (cymene)ruthenium dichloride dimer, a more soluble analogue of (benzene)ruthenium dichloride dimer. * (

mesitylene Mesitylene or 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene is a derivative of benzene with three methyl substituents positioned symmetrically around the ring. The other two isomeric trimethylbenzenes are 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene (pseudocumene) and 1,2,3-trimethylbenze ...

)ruthenium dichloride dimer, another more soluble derivative.

References

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