Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.37, No.5, 1121-1123, 1998
Coordination compounds as building blocks : Single-step synthesis of heteronuclear multimetallic complexes containing Ru-II and Os-II
A novel and powerful approach for the synthesis of heteromettalic complexes containing Ru-II and Os-II is described. Palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions between [(bpy)(2)M-1(L1)](2+) and [(bpy)(2)M-2(L2)](2+) (where L1 and L2 are bromo- and ethynyl-functionalized 1,10-phenanthroline ligands) provide heteronuclear complexes in a single synthetic step.