Inorganic disproportionation. A 31P nuclear magnetic resonance study of a bi-hetero-metallic system containing platinum and palladium
Abstract
31 P N.m.r. spectra show that on mixing chloroform solutions of [Pt2Cl4(PBu3)2] and [Pd2Cl4(PBu3)2] bi-hetero-metallic complexes of type [PdPtCl4(PBu3)2] are formed; the three complexes are in dynamic equilibrium and a kinetic study indicates that the exchange occurs via a tetrameric intermediate involving four metal centres.