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The remarkable tridentate coordination of 4,6-bis(diphenylphosphanyl)dibenzofuran in ruthenium(II) complexes
Vogi, Erasmus M.,Bruckmann, Joachim,Kassier, Magnus,Krueger, Carl,Haenel, Matthias W.
, p. 1315 - 1319 (2008/10/09)
4,6-Bis(diphenylphosphanyl)dibenzofuran (1), despite its large P...-P distance of 5.74 A and its bite angle of ca. 131°, was found to be capable of tridentate coordination to ruthenium(II) chloride. Single crystal X-ray structure analyses of the new ruthenium(II) complexes 3, 4, and 5 revealed that the ligand 1 coordinates to a single ruthenium atom with both phosphorus centers and the dibenzofuran oxygen atom. The remarkable ligand deformation resulting from the coordination is evident from the decrease of the P-P distance by 1 A to 4.75 A and the increase of the bite angle (P-Ru-P) by 25° to 155°-157°. The unprecedented in-plane coordination of the dibenzofuran oxygen atom to ruthenium is interesting in view of the hybridisation of the oxygen. VCH Verlagsgeseueschaft mbH.