Ruthenium carbonyl 1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene (R-DAB) complexes. Reactivity of Ru3(CO)8(R-DAB) toward diazomethane. Addition of a methylene fragment to a trinuclear species with concomitant rupture of a single Ru-Ru bond. Molecular structure of octacarbonyl(1,4-dineopentyl-1,4-diaza-1,3-butadiene)(m-methylene)triruthenium: (m-CH2Ru3(CO)8 (neo-Pen-DAB)
Koten, G. van; Keijsper, J.; Polm, L.H.; Vrieze, K.; Goubitz, K.; Stam, C.H.
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