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Cover Picture: Making the True “CP” Ligand (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 37/2006)
Author(s) -
Cordaro Joseph G.,
Stein Daniel,
Rüegger Heinz,
Grützmacher Hansjörg
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200690125
Subject(s) - cover (algebra) , silylation , int , ligand (biochemistry) , center (category theory) , chemistry , cyanide , stereochemistry , crystallography , catalysis , computer science , organic chemistry , receptor , engineering , operating system , mechanical engineering , biochemistry
The quest for cyaphide , the phosphorus equivalent of cyanide, has been a challenge for many years. In their Communication on page 6159 ff., H. Grützmacher and co‐workers describe their approach to prepare the first stable terminal cyaphide complex [RuH(CP)(dppe) 2 ] (dppe=bis(1,2‐diphenylphosphinoethane)). In an initial silyl‐protected complex, the Ru center was P‐coordinated by the CP ligand. Removal of the silyl group yielded the C‐coordinated Ru complex, whose structure is shown on the cover picture.