Abstract
Dihydrogen and reversibly to the dimeric RuII complex [{RuCl(dppb)(µ-Cl)}2](1), where dppb = 1,4-bis(diphenylphosphino)butane, to give the remarkably simple molecular hydrogen title complex (2) which is an effective catalyst for hydrogenations utilising H2 and for transfer hydrogenation from propan-2-ol; the η2-H2 ligand (with an H–H distance of 0.086 Å as estimated by 1H NMR T1 data) is replaceable by other ligands including N2.

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