Organoruthenium chemistry

<p>Organoruthenium chemistry is the <a href="/facts/Chemistry/SrNqkGVm">chemistry</a> of <a href="/facts/Organometallic_compounds/bhqFz2P0">organometallic compounds</a> containing a <a href="/facts/Carbon/ukrgQexo">carbon</a> to <a href="/facts/Ruthenium/uzCm4ufn">ruthenium</a> <a href="/facts/Chemical_bond/ArNUMnIB">chemical bond</a>. Several organoruthenium <a href="/facts/Catalyst/LPBS7TQC">catalysts</a> are of commercial interest and organoruthenium compounds have been considered for cancer therapy.
The chemistry has some stoichiometric similarities with <a href="/facts/Organoiron_chemistry/d5IvuFwL">organoiron chemistry</a>, as iron is directly above ruthenium in <a href="/facts/Group_8_element/VtbLeVpY">group 8</a> of the periodic table. The most important reagents for the introduction of ruthenium are <a href="/facts/Ruthenium(III)_chloride/oB6TSw4H">ruthenium(III) chloride</a> and <a href="/facts/Triruthenium_dodecacarbonyl/WRk8o2qp">triruthenium dodecacarbonyl</a>.
</p><p>In its organometallic compounds, ruthenium is known to adopt oxidation states from -2 ([Ru(CO)4]2−) to +6 ([RuN(Me)4]−).  Most common are those in the 2+ oxidation state, as illustrated below.
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Organoruthenium chemistry