On the non-innocence and reactiveversusnon-reactive nature of α-diketones in a set of diruthenium frameworks

• DOI: 10.1039/d0dt03400b
• Publication Date: 2020-12-10T07:47:41Z
• Authors: Farheen Fatima Khan; Saikat Mondal; Shubhadeep Chandra; Nicolas I. Neuman; Biprajit Sarkar; Goutam Kumar Lahiri
• Keywords: RUTHENIUM; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.4; NON-INNOCENT; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Slightly modified ligand designs in diruthenium setups have major impacts on the reactivity/stability of coordination complexes. The 1,2-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethane-1,2-dione bridge is also potentially redox non-innocent.