Abstract
The reaction of [RuH2(PPh3)4] with trityl hexafluorophosphate leads to [RuH(PPh3)4]+PF6 by abstraction of a hydride ligand as H. This salt reacts with other phosphines and with nitriles to give salts of six-co-ordinate cations, and dissociates on standing to give [RuH(PPh3)3]+PF6 , for which a structure containing a phosphine ligand co-ordinated to ruthenium via a π-bonded interaction is proposed.

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