The cluster-alkyne complexesRu
6C(CO)
15(
3-
1:
2:
1-C
2Me
2)(
2),Ru
6C(CO)
14(
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-
2:
2-C
2Me
2)(
3-
1:
2:
1-C
2Me
2)(
3),Ru
6C(CO)
13(
3-
1:
2:
1-C
2Me
2)
2(
4), andRu
6C(CO)
12(
3-
1:
2:
1-C
2Me
2)
3 (
5) havebeen prepared from Ru
6C(CO)
17(
1) in a stepwise fashion using chemicalactivation methods. In
3, the octahedral metal skeletoncommon to
1,
2,
4, and
5hasundergone rearrangement to a monocapped square pyramid. Themixed-alkyne cluster,Ru
6C(CO)
14(
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-
2:
2-C
2Ph
2)(
3-
1:
2:
1-C
2Me
2)(
6), closely related to
3, has also beenprepared.The molecular structures of
3,
5, and
6 have been established in the solid state bysingle-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis.