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Synthesis of a Novel Dinuclear Ruthenium(III) Ono Pincer Complex Containing a M–M Bond: an XRD Study

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A novel dinuclear ruthenium(III) ONO pincer complex was synthesized from RuCl3·H2O and 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid (H2pydc) in methanol by using triethylamine as a base. The single crystal XRD disclosed the crystalline nature of the complex that was found to be monoclinic, space group P121/c1, with unit cell dimensions a = 9.4603(7) Å, b = 16.4025(12) Å, c = 6.6844(5) Å, β = 91.839(2)°. The complex showed a rare transoid configuration ′Ru(μ-OMe)2(μ-O2CN)2Ru′ core along with monodentate aqua ligand coordination. To the best of our knowledge, this is a rare case of bridged dinuclear ruthenium complex (only a couple of reports) and the first one containing a pincer ligand.

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    P. Jerome & T. H. Oh

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  3. Department of Chemistry, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

    N. S. P. Bhuvanesh

  4. Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Republic of India

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Text © The Author(s), 2023, published in Zhurnal Strukturnoi Khimii, 2023, Vol. 64, No. 11, 117721.https://doi.org/10.26902/JSC_id117721

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Jerome, P., Swaminathan, S., Bhuvanesh, N.S.P. et al. Synthesis of a Novel Dinuclear Ruthenium(III) Ono Pincer Complex Containing a M–M Bond: an XRD Study. J Struct Chem 64, 2082–2089 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0022476623110057

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