Patent ID: 6077805
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: B01J,C07F,C08G

Abstract:
A compound of one of the formulae ##STR21## in which M and M' independently of one another are ruthenium or osmium;X, X', Y and Y' independently of one another are anionic ligands, or X and Y and X' and Y' in each case together are bis-anionic ligands;L.sup.1 and L.sup.1' independently of one another are tertiary phosphine;L.sup.2 and L.sup.3 independently of one another are a monodentate ligand, or L.sup.2 and L.sup.3 together are bidentate, neutral electron donor ligand;L.sup.4 is a tetradentate, neutral electron donor ligand;L.sup.5 is a bidentate, neutral electron donor ligand; andT and T' independently of one another are H, C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl, C.sub.3 -C.sub.7 heterocycloalkyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.14 aryl or C.sub.4 -C.sub.15 heteroaryl, where alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl are unsubstituted or substituted by a substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 haloalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, --NO.sub.2 and halogen.