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Crystal and molecular structure of the rutheniumcarbene-tetraborohydrate complex [Ru(BH4)(LAr)(PPh3)2]; (LAr=CN(C6H4Me-4)CH2CH2NC6H3Me-4)

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The structure of the title compound has been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis:P21/c,M r=889.9,a=15.940(1),b=23.357(2),c=18.767(2) Å,β=132.62(1)°,V c=5141.6 Å3,Z=4,D x=1.150 mg m−3,F(000)=1848; finalR f=0.074 (R w=0.085). The BH −4 ligand in the complex is bidentate. A comparative study indicates that the lengths of the Ru-carbene carbon bond and other bonds to the Ru atom are determined by a combination of several factors, and not just by a purely σ- or π-bonding interaction.

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Thomas, S.A. Crystal and molecular structure of the rutheniumcarbene-tetraborohydrate complex [Ru(BH4)(LAr)(PPh3)2]; (LAr=CN(C6H4Me-4)CH2CH2NC6H3Me-4). Journal of Crystallographic and Spectroscopic Research 19, 1017–1031 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01160884

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