The first organoruthenium(iv) complexes containing nitrogen donor ligands by oxidative addition of allylic substrates to coordinatively unsaturated Ru(ii) complexes

Abstract

Oxidative addition of allylic substrates to coordinatively unsaturated ruthenium(II), (η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ru(amidinate) complexes, afford cationic ruthenium(IV) compounds, [(η⁵-C₅Me₅)Ru(amidinate)(η³ -allyl)]⁺, which have been characterized by spectroscopic analysis and X-ray structure determination.