Treatment of ruthenium(II) precursor [(Me(3)tacn)Ru(dmso)Cl-2] (Me(3)tacn = 1,4,7-trimethyl-1,4,7triazacyclononane, dmso = dimethylsulfoxide) (1) with concentrated HCl in the presence of air afforded the ruthenium(III) complex [(Me(3)tacn)RuCl3.H2O] (2), from which a series of bipyridine-ruthenium(II) complexes [(Me(3)tacn)Ru(R-bpy)(H2O)](PF6)(2) (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridine) was obtained according to our previous work. Reactions of [(Me(3)tacn)Ru(R-bpy)(H2O)](PF6)(2) and 1,1-diphenylpropargyl alcohol afforded ruthenium(II) methoxycarbene complexes [(Me-3 tacn)(R-bpy)Ru= C(OMe)CH= CPh2](PF6)(2) (R = H, 3; 4,4' -Me-2, 5; 5,5' -Me 2, 7; 4,4' -di-tBu, 9) and ruthenium(II) allenylidene complexes [(Me(3)tacn)(Rbpy)Ru =C=C= CPh2](PF6)(2) (R = H, 4; 4,4' -Me-2, 6; 5,5' -Me 2, 8; 4,4' -di-Bu-t, 10) under different solvent conditions. Complexes 3-10 were well characterized by infrared, UV/Vis, mass spectrometry, and NMR spectroscopies. The molecular structures of complexes 5, 7, and 8 have been also established by singlecrystal X-ray diffraction. (c) 2022PublishedbyElsevierB.V.