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288144

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Tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer

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Synonym(s):
CORM-2
Linear Formula:
[Ru(CO)3Cl2]2
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
512.01
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352300
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

Quality Level

reaction suitability

core: ruthenium
reagent type: catalyst

SMILES string

[C-]#[O+].[C-]#[O+].[C-]#[O+].[C-]#[O+].[C-]#[O+].[C-]#[O+].Cl[Ru]Cl.Cl[Ru]Cl

InChI

1S/6CO.4ClH.2Ru/c6*1-2;;;;;;/h;;;;;;4*1H;;/q;;;;;;;;;;2*+2/p-4

InChI key

JYHHJVKGDCZCCL-UHFFFAOYSA-J

Application

Carbon monoxide-releasing molecule used for pharamological studies including:
  • Enhancement of coagulation and attenuation of vulnerability to fibrinolysis
  • Investigations of P2X4 as a possible target
  • Possible modification of thrombus growth or disintegration
  • Enhances fibrinogen as a substrate for thrombin
  • Regulation of ion transport by gasotransmitters

Used as a CO donor for reactive oxygen species mediated bacterial killing
Tricarbonyldichlororuthenium(II) dimer can be used in the deuteration reaction for labeling secondary amines. It can also be used for the synthesis of racemization catalysts by reacting with cyclopenta[l]phenanthrenyl and cyclopenta[a]acenaphthylenyl ligands.

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Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Respiratory system

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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    This product has been reported and used as a carbon monoxide releasing agent in biological systems, and a ruthenium catalyst.

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One-step exchange-labelling of piperidines, piperazines and dialkylamines with deuterium oxide: catalysis by various ruthenium complexes.
Alexakis E, et al.
Tetrahedron Letters, 46(25), 4291-4293 (2005)
Cyclopenta [l] phenanthrenyl and Cyclopenta [a] acenaphthylenyl Half-Sandwich Complexes of Ruthenium as Racemization Catalysts for Secondary Alcohols.
Mavrynsky D, et al.
Organometallics, 28(2), 598-605 (2008)
Vance G Nielsen et al.
International journal of molecular sciences, 21(6) (2020-03-22)
Using thrombelastography to gain mechanistic insights, recent investigations have identified enzymes and compounds in Naja and Crotalus species' neurotoxic venoms that are anticoagulant in nature. The neurotoxic venoms of the four extant species of Dendroaspis (the Black and green mambas)
Vance G Nielsen et al.
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology, 122(1), 157-164 (2017-07-12)
Several in vitro investigations have demonstrated that anticoagulant effects of fibrinogenolytic snake venom metalloproteinases have been abrogated in human plasma by modifying fibrinogen with iron (Fe) and carbon monoxide (CO) to prevent catalysis or by directly inhibiting these enzymes with CO.
Francisco J Ibáñez et al.
Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 2108-2108 (2017-11-23)
Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is an inducible enzyme that is expressed in response to physical and chemical stresses, such as ultraviolet radiation, hyperthermia, hypoxia, reactive oxygen species (ROS), as well as cytokines, among others. Its activity can be positively modulated by

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