Making the true "CP" ligand

Abstract

Cyaphide attained: A high-yielding synthesis for the first stable terminal cyaphide complex [RuH(CP)(dppe)2] (dppe = bis(1,2- diphenylphosphinoethane); see structure: P orange, Ru silver, C gray, H white) was developed from the silyl-substituted phosphaalkyne complex [RuH(dppe) 2(Ph3SiC≡P)]OTf (OTf = CF3SO 3-) and sodium phenoxide. (Figure Presented). © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.