aDepartment of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland
bDepartment of Chemistry, University of Oulu, Linnanmaa, FIN-90571 Oulu, Finland
Abstract:
Three tetranuclear clusters [Ru4H4(CO)11(PPh3)] (1), [Ru4H2(CO)12(PPh3)] (2) and [Ru3IrH(CO)12(PPh3)] (3) were formed in the reaction of [Ir(CO)Cl(PPh3)2] and Na[Ru3H(CO)11] in tetrahydrofuran. Complexes 1–3 were characterized by IR and 1H and 31P NMR, and the structure of the clusters was confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis. In 2 and 3 one of the carbonyls bridges between two ruthenium atoms; otherwise the compounds contain only terminal carbonyls.