The first examples of metal-mediated addition of a phosphorus imine to nitriles; the preparation and X-ray crystal structures of [PtCl4{NH
C(Et)N
PPh3}2] and [PtCl2(EtCN){NH
C(Et)N
PPh3}]
Abstract
NH (1), reacts with nitrile complexes of Pt(IV) to generate hydrolytically sensitive [PtCl4{NH
C(R)N
PPh3}2]
(R = Me 2a, Et 2b, Ph 2c), and with the Pt(II) complex [PtCl2(EtCN)2] to give [PtCl2(EtCN){NH
C(Et)N
PPh3}]
(3) and [PtCl2{NH
C(Et)N
PPh3}2]
(4);