Isolation, structure, chemistry, and photochemistry of cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)carbonylchlororuthenium(II) perchlorate

Clear, J. M., Kelly, J. M., O'Connell, C. M., Vos, J. G., Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995, Costa, S. R. and Edwards, A. J. (1980) Isolation, structure, chemistry, and photochemistry of cis-bis(2,2'-bipyridyl)carbonylchlororuthenium(II) perchlorate. Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications (16). pp. 750-751. ISSN 0022-4936 doi: 10.1039/c39800000750

Abstract/Summary

The molecular structure and chemical and photochemical reactions of [Ru(bpy)2(CO)Cl]+ClO4–, which has been isolated from the reaction of ruthenium trichloride and 2,2′-bipyridyl(bpy) in dimethylformamide, are described.