Browsing by Author "Meijboom, Reinout"

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    Bis(acetonitrile-κN)dichlorido(η4-cycloocta-1,5- diene)ruthenium(II) acetonitrile monosolvate
    (International Union of Crystallography, U.K., 2011-05-17) Chiririwa, Haleden; Meijboom, Reinout; Owalude, Samson O.; Uche B. Eke, Uche B.; Arderne, Charmaine
    In the title RuII complex, [RuCl2(C8H12)(C2H3N)2] CH3CN, the metal ion is coordinated to the centers of each of the double bonds of the cyclooctadiene ligand, to two chloride ions (in cis positions) and to two N-atom donors (from MeCN molecules) that complete the coordination sphere for the neutral complex. The coordination about the RuII atom can thus be considered to be octahedral with a slightly trigonal distortion. There is also one acetonitrile solvent molecule per molecule which is outside the coordination sphere of the ruthenium atom.
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    Synthesis and X-ray studies of ruthenium(II) complexes containing hydrazine and benzyl isocyanide ligands
    (Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2013-07-24) Owalude, Samson O.; Odebunmi, Ezekiel O.; Eke, Uche B.; Meijboom, Reinout; Nesterov, Vladimir N.; Singleton, Eric; Coville, Neil J.
    The reaction of the polymeric species [{RuCl2(COD)}x] (1 ; x > 2; COD = cyclo-octa-1,5-diene) and hydrazine hydrate in methanol under reflux gave a pale pink solution from which the salt [Ru(COD)(N2H4)4][BPh4]2.CH3OH (2) was isolated on addition of NaBPh4. Treatment of 2 in refluxing acetone in the presence of the ligand benzyl isocyanide give a complex of stoichiometry [Ru(NH2N=CMe2)2(PhCH2NC)4][BPh4]2 (3) on the substitution of the labile COD ligand. The two compounds have been characterized by elemental analyses, IR and NMR measurements and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. The ruthenium in both compounds has a distorted octahedral coordination geometry.
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    Synthesis of new ruthenium(II) complexes derived from labile nitrile ligands: an alternative route to the preparation of transdichlorotetrakis(diphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II)
    (Taylor and Francis, UK., 2017-03-19) Owalude, Samson O.; Tella, Adedibu C.; Odebunmi, Ezekiel O.; Eke, Uche B.; Golen, James E.; Rheingold, Arnold L.; Mahlaka, Thabo Joel; Meijboom, Reinout
    New ruthenium(II) complexes containing labile nitrile ligands have been prepared by treatment of either the polymer [{RuCl2(COD)}x] (COD = cycloocta-1,5-diene) (1) or its derivative [RuCl2(COD)(NCCH3)2]·NCCH3 (2) with the appropriate nitrile ligands in refluxing acetonitrile under argon. A new route to synthesis of trans-dichlorotetrakis(diphenylphosphine)ruthenium(II) (7) was also reported. A redetermination of the structure of 7 was undertaken and X-ray crystallographic data revealed that the complex crystallizes in the triclinic space group P-1 with unit cell dimensions a = 12.7016(9) Å, b = 13.0847(10) Å, c = 14.1498(10) Å, α = 101.46(3)°, V = 2080.6(3) Å3, Z = 2 and R = 0.0309. Its polymorph 7′ was also obtained. The crystal structure of 4 was also determined. This complex crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c with unit cell dimensions a = 27.0510(3) Å, b = 11.0984(13) Å, c = 13.0450(16) Å, α = 90°, V = 3886.5(8) Å3, Z = 8 and R = 0.0282.