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SUP>31P CP/MAS NMR
spectro
scopy i
s examined a
s a method ofcharacterization for ruthenium(II) pho
sphinecomplexe
sin the
solid
state, and the re
sult
s are compared with X-raycry
stallographic data determined forRuCl
2(dppb)(PPh
3)(dppb =Ph
2P(CH
2)
4PPh
2),RuBr
2(PPh
3)
3, and thepreviou
sly determinedRuCl
2(PPh
3)
3. Cry
stal
s ofRuBr
2(PPh
3)
3(C
54H
45Br
2P
3Ru)are monoclinic,
space group
P2
1/
a,with
a = 12.482(4) Å,
b =20.206(6) Å,
c = 17.956(3) Å,
s/gifchar
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s/entitie
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Z = 4, and tho
se ofRuCl
2(dppb)(PPh
3)(C
46H
43Cl
2P
3Ru)are al
so monoclinic,
space group
P2
1/
n, with
a =10.885(2) Å,
b = 20.477(1) Å,
c =18.292(2) Å,
s/gifchar
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s/entitie
s/deg.gif">, and
Z = 4.The
structure ofRuBr
2(PPh
3)
3 wa
s solved bydirect method
s, and that ofRuCl
2(dppb)(PPh
3) wa
s solved bythe Patter
son method.The
structure
s were refined by full-matrix lea
st-
square
sprocedure
s to
R = 0.048 and 0.031(
Rw = 0.046 and0.032) for 5069 and 5925 reflection
s with
I s/entitie
s/ge.gif">3
s/gifchar
s/
sigma.gif" BORDER=0 >(
I), re
spectively. Synthetic route
s toRuBr
2(dppb)(PPh
3) and[RuBr(dppb)]
2(
s/entitie
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2-dppb) arereported. The reactivity ofRuCl
2(dppb)(PPh
3) with the neutraltwo-electron donorligand
s (L) dimethyl
sulfoxide, tetramethylene
sulfoxide,tetrahydrothiophene, and dimethyl
sulfide to give[(L)(dppb)Ru(
s/entitie
s/mgr.gif">-Cl)
3RuCl(dppb)] i
sdi
scu
ssed.