Novel Coordinatively Unsaturated Bimetallic Complexes, [(η5-C5Me5)Ru(μ2-iPrNC(Me)NiPr)Ru(η5-C5Me5)]+: A Bridging Amidinate Ligand Perpendicular to the Metal-Metal Axis Effectively Stabilizes the Highly Reactive Cationic Diruthenium Species
Hideo Kondo; Kouki Matsubara; Hideo Nagashima; Journal of the American Chemical Society 124 (2002) 534–535; doi:10.1021/ja016899h

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 Novel Coordinatively Unsaturated Bimetallic Complexes,
 [(\h5-C5Me5)Ru(\m2-iPrNC(Me)NiPr)Ru(\h5-C5Me5)]+: A Bridging Amidinate
 Ligand Perpendicular to the Metal-Metal Axis Effectively Stabilizes the
 Highly Reactive Cationic Diruthenium Species
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