The
trime
tallic clus
ters [Ru
3(CO)
10(dppm)], [Ru
3(CO)
12] and [RuCo
2(CO)
11] reac
t wi
th a number of mul
tifunc
tional secondary phosphine and
ter
tiary arsine ligands
to give produc
ts consequen
t on carbonyl subs
ti
tu
tion and, in
the case of
the secondary phosphines, PH ac
tiva
tion. The reac
tion wi
th
the unresolved mixed P/S donor, 1-phenylphosphino-2-
thio(e
thane), HSCH
2CH
2PHPh (
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2), gave
two produc
ts under various condi
tions which have been charac
terised by spec
troscopic and crys
tallographic means. These
two complexes [Ru
3(μ-dppm)(H)(CO)
7(LH)] and [Ru
3(μ-dppm)(H)(CO)
8(LH)Ru
3(μ-dppm)(CO)
9], show
the versa
tili
ty of
the ligand, wi
th i
t chela
ting in
the former and bridging
two Ru
3 uni
ts in
the la
tter. The s
tereogenic cen
tres in
the molecules gave rise
to complica
ted spec
troscopic da
ta which are consis
ten
t wi
th
the presence of dias
tereoisomers. In
the case of [Ru
3(CO)
12]
the reac
tion wi
th LH
2 gave a poor yield of a
te
tranuclear bu
tterfly clus
ter, [Ru
4(CO)
10(L)
2], in which
two of
the ligands bridge opposi
te hinge wing
tip bonds of
the clus
ter. A rela
ted ligand, HSCH
2CH
2AsMe(C
6H
4CH
2OMe), reac
ted wi
th [RuCo
2(CO)
11]
to give a low yield of
the he
terobime
tallic Ru–Co adduc
t, [RuCo(CO)
6(SCH
2CH
2AsMe(C
6H
4CH
2OMe))], which appears
to be
the only one of i
ts
type so far s
truc
turally charac
terised.