Activation of molecular oxygen, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and olefins by a ruthenium(II) complex
Abstract
Dichlorotris(triphenylarsine)ruthenium(II), dissolved in benzene, readily activates molecular O2, H2, CO, and olefins to give new catalytic species of importance in homogeneous catalysis; the oxygen complex is the first known example of a 1 : 1 paramagentic complex of a d6 metal ion.