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. 2005 Dec 13;102(51):18269–18274. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0505798102

Table 3. Half-lives for substitution reactions of leaving groups in [(η6-arene)Ru(en)X]n+ by H2O, Cl, and GMP at 298 K.

t1/2, min
Complex (arene) X H2O Cl GMP
1 (hmb) Cl 0.44 24.7
13 (p-cym) I 12.2 2.73 22.6
15 (bip) N3 367 1122 554
16 (hmb) py — — —
17 (hmb) dcp 537 631 578
21 (hmb) SPh — 107 631

—, no reaction.