indicated by spectroscopic titration with tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAOH) in DMF. The complexation of 2 with other metal ions was also examined. The reaction of 2 with [Cu(NO3)2(TMEDA)] (TMEDA = N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine) in methanol allowed us to observe the selective formation of a binuclear complex, [RuCl(L22−)Cu(TMEDA)}]PF6 (3), which was characterized by ESI-MS, UV−vis, and ESR spectroscopies