The dehydrogenative coupling of 4-substituted pyridines catalyzed by a heterometallic trinuclear complex composed of Ru and Co,(Cp* Ru) 2 (Cp* Co)(μ-H) 3 (μ3-H)(1, Cp*= η5- C5Me5), was investigated. When the pyridine substrate contains an electron-donating group at the 4-position, complex 1 showed a high catalytic activity compared to di-and triruthenium complexes (Cp* Ru) 2 (μ-H) 4 (4) and (Cp* Ru) 3 (μ-H) 3 (μ3-H) 2 (5). The catalytic activity ...