Diphenyldiphosphinopropane 4T
0
, provided with a T0-silyl functionalized (CH2)6-spacer in the symmetric
2-position of the C3 bridge, was obtained via an improved synthetic route in high yields, starting from
8-chloro-7-chloromethyl-1-octene (1) (Scheme ). Reaction of 4T
0
with trans-RuCl2(NBD)Py2 in CH2Cl2
resulted in the formation of the corresponding (diphos)ruthenium(II) complex 5T
0
(Scheme ), which,
by treatment with 1,2-diaminopropane, was transformed to the T0-silyl functionalized diamine(diphosphine)ruthenium(II) complex 6T
0
. In the presence of four different amounts of the co-condensation
agent MeSi(OMe)3, 6T
0
was subjected to a sol−gel process (Scheme ). The resulting inorganic/organic
hybrid materials X1
−
X4 [6T
0
/MeSi(OMe)3 = 1:10/15/20/50] were characterized by 31P and 29Si solid-state NMR and EXAFS spectroscopy, as well as by EDX and BET measurements. It was confirmed that
the integrity of the organometallic centers in X1
−
X4 is maintained compared to the monomeric counterpart
6T
0
. The materials X1
−
X4 proved to be catalytically active in the direct hydrogenation of the model
substrate trans-4-phenyl-3-butene-2-one. With a conversion rate of 100% and a selectivity to the alcohol
A (Scheme ) of approximately 91%, the interphase catalyst X1 showed the best performance. It could
be recovered eight times without detectable leaching and remarkable deactivation. The catalytic activities
of X1 and monomeric 6T
0
were compared with each other.