摘要:
                                Conversion of chloride complexes [Ru(CO)2(CH = CHR)Cl(PMe2Ph)2] (R = CMe3 or Ph) into the corresponding phenyl complexes [Ru(CO)2(CH = CHR)Ph(PMe2Ph)2] by low-temperature treatment with LiPh is accompanied by a change in the ligand arrangement around the metal.  At 20-degrees-C the products undergo two competing rearrangement processes, one a simple isomerisation back to a ligand arrangement analogous to that in [Ru(CO)2(CH = CHR)Cl(PMe2Ph)2] and the other a remarkably facile combination of phenyl, carbonyl and vinyl ligands to yield the ketone complexes [Ru(CO)(eta-4-PhCOCH = CHR)(PMe2Ph)2], from which the ketone may be liberated by treatment with Me3CNC.