“…Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2004); cell refinement: APEX2; data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2004); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 1997); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 1997); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2000); software used to prepare material for publication: publCIF (Westrip, 2008 (Svetlanova-Larsen et al, 1996), unsaturated hydrocarbons (Burns & Hubbard, 1994), and alcohols, and results in their binding and activation. For primary and secondary alcohols, after initial coordination, the reaction leads to alcohol oxidation and reduction of the ruthenium center to the Ru=Ru dimer, (Pearsal et al, 2007).In the case of ethylene glycol, however, the coordination product is stabilized by a chelate ring formation and can be isolated and characterized.…”