@article {4340, title = {Triply-bridged diruthenium(II) 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane (dppb) and (R)-2,2 {\textquoteright}-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1 {\textquoteright}-binaphthyl (binap) complexes, including structural characterisation of [(dppb)ClRu(mu-D2O)-(mu-Cl)(2)RuCl(dppb)], [(eta(2)-H-2)(dppb)Ru(m}, journal = {Inorganica Chimica Acta}, volume = {270}, number = {1-2}, year = {1998}, note = {ISI Document Delivery No.: ZD760Times Cited: 31Cited Reference Count: 57}, month = {Apr}, pages = {130-144}, type = {Article}, abstract = {{Several triply-bridged diruthenium(II)(1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane) complexes were synthesised and characterised by elemental analysis, UV-Vis, NMR and IR spectroscopies, The solid-state structures of [(dppb)ClRu(mu-D2O)(mu-Cl)(2)RuCl(dppb)] (1), [(eta(2)-H-2) (dppb)Ru(mu-Cl)(3)RuCl(dppb)] (2) and [TMP][(dppb)ClRu(mu-Cl)(3)RuCl(dppb)] (3) were established by X-ray crystallographic analyses (TMP=1,1,3-trimethyl-2,3-dihydroperimidinium; dppb = Ph2P(CH2)(4)PPh2). Crystals of 1.1.5C(6)D(6), 2.1.5C(7)D(8) and 3.2Me(2)CO.2H(2)O are all monoclinic, space groups P2(1)/c, P2(1)/n and C2/c, respectively, with Z=4: a=16.8681(6)}, keywords = {ASYMMETRIC HYDROGENATION, catalytic activity, crystal structures, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, DEHYDROGENATION, DINUCLEAR, diphosphine complexes, GENERAL-SYNTHESIS, LIGANDS, PHOSPHINE COMPLEXES, REACTIVITY, ruthenium complexes, triply-bridged complexes}, isbn = {0020-1693}, url = {://000072720900018}, author = {Macfarlane, K. S. and Thorburn, I. S. and Cyr, P. W. and Chau, Deky and Rettig, S. J. and James, Brian R.} }