Homoleptic ruthenium(iii) chalcogenolates: a single precursor to metal chalcogenide nanoparticles catalyst?

Chemical Communications Pub Date: 2011-07-07 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC12422F

Abstract

Eight homoleptic metal(III) arylchalcogenolate polymers [M(EPh-p-X)3]n (M = Ru, Cr, and Mo) were characterized by PXRD. Structural solution of [Ru(SPh-p-tBu)3]n1 was achieved by Rietveld refinement of the PXRD data. Pyrolysis of [Ru(SePh)3]n4 produced nanostructured RuSe2, which selectively catalyzed the reduction of nitro compounds in the presence of other functionalities.

Graphical abstract: Homoleptic ruthenium(iii) chalcogenolates: a single precursor to metal chalcogenide nanoparticles catalyst
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