A representative derivative is the dihydrate of the tetrafluoroborate salt [Ru3O(O2CCH3)6(OH2)3]BF4(H2O)2, which is the source of the data in the table above.

[2] This and related salts are forest green, air-stable solids that are soluble in alcohols.

The same structure is shared with basic acetates of iron, chromium, iridium, and manganese.

[3] The basic acetates of ruthenium were reported in the early 1950s but were not properly formulated.

[4] Basic ruthenium acetate reacts with many ligands such as triphenylphosphine and pyridine concomitant with reduction.