Tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer

Ruthenium compounds: tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer

The ruthenium in tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer

• Formula as often written: [RuCl₂(CO)₃]₂
• Hill system formula: C₆Cl₄O₆Ru₂
• CAS registry number: [22594-69-0]
• Formula weight: 512.011
• Class: complex

Synonyms

• tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer
• hexacarbonyltetrachlorodiruthenium(II)

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point:
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer

Element	%
C	14.07
Cl	27.70
O	18.75
Ru	39.48

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [RuCl₂(CO)₃]₂ unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Ru₂Cl₄C₆O₆

mass  %
500   0.7 
501   0.0 
502   1.5 _
503   3.4 __
504   4.7 __
505  10.3 _____
506  18.8 _________
507  19.8 __________
508  42.6 _____________________
509  48.1 ________________________
510  67.9 __________________________________
511  86.1 ___________________________________________
512  92.2 ______________________________________________
513  89.0 ____________________________________________
514 100.0 __________________________________________________
515  53.7 ___________________________
516  74.4 _____________________________________
517  20.0 __________
518  34.9 _________________
519   4.9 __
520   9.8 _____
521   0.9 
522   1.5 _
523   0.1 
524   0.1 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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