Hydrogen bonding directs the H2O2 oxidation of platinum(II) to a cis-dihydroxo platinum(IV) complex

Russell A. Taylor; David J. Law; Glenn J. Sunley; Andrew J. P. White; George J. P. Britovsek

doi:10.1039/B803370F

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Hydrogen bonding directs the H₂O₂oxidation of platinum(ii) to a cis-dihydroxo platinum(iv) complex †‡

Russell A. Taylor,^a David J. Law,^b Glenn J. Sunley,^b Andrew J. P. White^a and George J. P. Britovsek*^a

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^b Hull Research and Technology Centre, BP Chemicals Ltd., Saltend, Hull, UK

Abstract

The use of ligands with proximate hydrogen bonding substituents in the oxidation of platinum(II) dimethyl complexes with H₂O₂ leads to the exclusive formation of an unusual cis-dihydroxo platinum(IV) complex, which can dehydrate to form a trinuclear metalla-azacrown complex.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/B803370F
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 28 Feb 2008
Accepted: 19 Mar 2008
First published: 11 Apr 2008

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Chem. Commun., 2008, 2800-2802

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Hydrogen bonding directs the H₂O₂ oxidation of platinum(II) to a cis-dihydroxo platinum(IV) complex

R. A. Taylor, D. J. Law, G. J. Sunley, A. J. P. White and G. J. P. Britovsek, Chem. Commun., 2008, 2800 DOI: 10.1039/B803370F

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