ortho -Metallated complexes of platinum(II) and diplatinum(I) containing the carbanions (2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl and (2-diphenylphosphino)- n -tolyl ( n  = 5, 6)

Bennett, Martin; Bhargava, Suresh Kumar; Messelhauser, Johannes; Priver, Steven H; Welling, Lee; Willis, Anthony

ortho -Metallated complexes of platinum(II) and diplatinum(I) containing the carbanions (2-diphenylphosphino)phenyl and (2-diphenylphosphino)- n -tolyl ( n = 5, 6)

Date

2007

Authors

Bennett, Martin

Bhargava, Suresh Kumar

Messelhauser, Johannes

Priver, Steven H

Welling, Lee

Willis, Anthony

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry

Abstract

When the ortho-metallated complexes cis-[Pt(κ2-C 6H3-5-R-2-PPh2)2] (R = H 1, Me 2) are either heated in toluene or treated with CO at room temperature, one of the four-membered chelate rings is opened irreversibly to give dinuclear isomers [Pt2(κ2-C6H3-