Co-ordination of benzyne at tetra- and pentra-ruthenium centres: a model for dissociative chemisorption of benzene on a stepped metal (111) surface

Abstract
Heating [Ru3(CO)11(PPh3)] in toluene yields complexes [Ru4(CO)1144-C6H4)] and [Ru5(CO)134-PPh)(µ56-C6H4)], structurally identified by X-ray diffraction, in which benzyne is co-ordinated at tetra-and penta-ruthenium centres respectively; the latter provides a model for the dissociative chemisorption of benzene at a step site on a metal (111) surface.

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