Chemistry:Ruthenium(III) acetate

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Ruthenium(III) acetate
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Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
EC Number
  • 259-653-7
Properties
C12H28BF4O18Ru3
Molar mass 850.35 g·mol−1
Appearance green solid
Density 2.110 g/cm3
Structure
octahedral
Hazards
GHS pictograms GHS05: CorrosiveGHS09: Environmental hazard
GHS Signal word Danger
H318, H410
P273, P280, P305+351+338, P310, P391, P501
Related compounds
Related compounds
Manganese(III) acetate
Iron(III) acetate
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Infobox references

Ruthenium(III) acetate, commonly known as basic ruthenium acetate,[1] describes a family of salts where the cation has the formula [Ru3O(O2CCH3)6(OH2)3]+. A representative derivative is the dihydrate of the tetrafluoroborate salt [Ru3O(O2CCH3)6(OH2)3]BF4(H2O)2, which is the source of the data in the table above.[2] This and related salts are forest green, air-stable solids that are soluble in alcohols.

Basic ruthenium acetate features octahedral Ru(III) centers, a triply bridging oxo ligand, six acetate ligands, and three aquo ligands. The same structure is shared with basic acetates of iron, chromium, iridium, and manganese.[1][2]

Preparation and reactions

It is prepared by heating ruthenium trichloride in acetic acid in the presence of sodium acetate.[3] The basic acetates of ruthenium were reported in the early 1950s but were not properly formulated.[4]

Basic ruthenium acetate reacts with many ligands such as triphenylphosphine and pyridine concomitant with reduction. These derivatives [Ru3O(O2CCH3)6L3]0 are mixed valence compounds.[5]

Related compounds

[Ru2(OAc)4Cl]n is a coordination polymer with a composition similar to that of ruthenium(III) acetate.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Greenwood, Norman N.; Earnshaw, Alan (1997). Chemistry of the Elements (2nd ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-037941-8. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 O. Almog; A. Bino; D. Garfinkel-Shweky (1993). "The Structure of Oxo-Bridged Trinuclear Ruthenium and Iridium Hexacarboxylates". Inorg. Chim. Acta 213 (1–2): 99. doi:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)83819-0. 
  3. J. C. Goeltz; S. D. Glover; J. Hauk; C. P. Kubiak (2010). "Ruthenium Complexes". Inorganic Syntheses. 35. 156–160. doi:10.1002/9780470651568.ch8. ISBN 978-0-470-65156-8. 
  4. Martin, F. S. (1952). "Basic Trinuclear Ruthenium Acetate". Journal of the Chemical Society: 2682–4. doi:10.1039/jr9520002682. 
  5. Cotton, F. A.; Norman, J. G., Jr. (1972). "Structural Characterization of a Basic trinuclear Ruthenium Acetate". Inorg. Chim. Acta 6: 411–419. doi:10.1016/S0020-1693(00)91829-2.