(Benzene)ruthenium dichloride dimer


ruthenium dichloride dimer is the organoruthenium compound with the formula . This red-coloured, diamagnetic solid is a reagent in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis.

Preparation, structure, and reactions

The dimer is prepared by the reaction of cyclohexadienes with hydrated ruthenium trichloride. As verified by X-ray crystallography, each Ru center is coordinated to three chloride ligands and a η-benzene. The complex can be viewed as an edge-shared bioctahedral structure.
ruthenium dichloride dimer reacts with Lewis bases to give monometallic adducts:

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