K2+[(Ph3P) 3 (Ph2P) R~ 2H4] 2-. 2C6H1403 (2) were prepared for study as possible homogeneous catalysts for the catalytic hydrogenation of polar organic substrates. Complex 1 was prepared by reaction of (Ph3P), RuHCI. C6H5CH3 (1 mol) with potassium naphthalene (2 mol) at-80 to-1 11 OC in tetrahydrofuran (THF). It was isolated as a yellow crystalline solid from solutions in diethyl ether and in the presence of excess naphthalene ...
