Ruthenium and Osmium Carbonyl Derivatives

Many reports on ruthenium and osmium cluster complexes are mainly concerned with structural features. These are covered elsewhere in this Volume so only those reports dealing with syntheses and reactions are mentioned here. 

The diazirine ring of pentamethylenediazirine is cleaved on reaction with Ru3(CO)ia, the product (20) contains bridging isocyanate and ketiminato 

Whereas [CpRufCOjaCl] reacts with PMca to give largely [CpRu(CO)- 

---