A Stable Hydrido Amido Ruthenium Complex Bearing a Tridentate Iminophosphorane−Phosphine−Amine Ligand

A heterotridentate (P,N,N‘) ligand featuring phosphine, iminophosphorane, and amine groups has been prepared
in high yield. The corresponding dichlororuthenium(II) complex
reacts with base in 2-propanol to give a stable hydrido amido
complex. The lack of hydrogens that are α to the amine allowed
for the isolation and structural characterization of this hydrido
amido species by X-ray diffraction.