The
reaction of [(
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6-a
rene)RuCl
2]
2 (a
rene = C
6Me
6, 1,4-MeC
6H
4CHMe
2) with a la
rge excess of the dianion ofbis(2-me
rcaptoethyl) sulfide, (HSCH
2CH
2)
2S, obtained f
rom dep
rotonation of the dithiol with f
reshly p
repa
red NaOMe,gives the deep
red, monome
ric complexes [(
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6-a
rene)Ru(
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3-C
4H
8S
3)] (a
rene = C
6Me
6 (
5), 1,4-MeC
6H
4CHMe
2 (
6))in which the dianion is bound to the metal atom th
rough one thioethe
r and two thiolate sulfu
r atoms. Complex
5reacts with [(
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6-C
6Me
6)RuCl
2]
2 (
4) in a 2:1 mole
ratio to give a quantitative yield of the chlo
ride salt of a binuclea
rcation [{(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru}
2Cl(
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2-
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2:
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3-C
4H
8S
3)]
+ (
7) in which the thiolate sulfu
r atoms of the [(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru(
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3-C
4H
8S
3)]g
roup b
ridge to a (
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6-C
6Me
6)RuCl unit. This compound is also obtained di
rectly f
rom the
reaction of
4 with thedithiolate, if the Ru dime
r is used in la
rge excess. The binuclea
r complex [{(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru}
2(MeCN)(
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2-
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2:
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3-C
4H
8S
3)](PF
6)
2·MeCN, (
9)(PF
6)
2·MeCN, is obtained by t
reatment of (
7)Cl with NH
4PF
6 in acetonit
rile. P
rotonationof
5 with HCl gave the mono- and dip
rotonated de
rivatives viz. [(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru(
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3-C
4H
9S
3)]Cl, (
8)Cl, and [(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru(
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3-C
4H
10S
3)]Cl
2, (
10)Cl
2,
respectively. The
reaction of
5 with methyl iodide gives both the mono- and di-S-methylated de
rivatives. T
reatment of
5 with dib
romoalkanes, B
r(CH
2)
nB
r (
n = 1-5), effects
ring closu
re to givethe (
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru dications containing the t
rithia mesocyclic
zS3 (
z = 8-12) ligands, isolated as thei
r PF
6 salts.The X-
ray c
rystal st
ructu
res of
5,
6, the solvates of (
7)Cl and (
9)(PF
6)
2, and the t
rithia mesocyclic Ru complexes(
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6-C
6Me
6)Ru(zS3)(PF
6)
2 (
z = 8-11) a
re
repo
rted.