The reactions of benzene or toluene solutions of RuII(TMP), where TMP is the dianion of 5,10,15,20–tetramesitylporphyrin, with some acetylenes and alkenes are reported. Acetylene yields the isolable [Ru(TMP)]2(μ-C2H2) species; while with phenylacetylene or diphenylacetylene, 1:1 π-complexes are formed. The π-complexes Ru(TMP)(C2H4) and Ru(TMP)-(C2H4)(iPrOH)•iPrOH are isolated from reactions with ethylene, and a similar cyclohexene species is characterized insitu. The findings are relevant to O2-epoxidation of alkenes catalyzed by the trans-Ru(TMP)(O)2 complex.
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