The new chiral Ru–Co mixed-metal linked tetrahedral cluster [(μ3-Se)RuCo2(CO)8]2(DIOP) 3 has been synthesised from reaction between (μ3-Se)RuCo2(CO)9 1 and the (–)-DIOP [2 (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolane-4,5-diylbis-methylene) bisdiphenylphosphine] diphosphine compound. The structure of cluster 3 has been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction method.
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