Issue 11, 2003

A comparison of binuclear dimethylplatinum(ii) complexes with the bridging ligands X(PPh2)2, X = CH2 or NH

Abstract

The reaction of [Pt2Me4(μ-SMe2)2], 1, with dppa = Ph2PNHPPh2 gave the complex [Pt2Me4(μ-SMe2)(μ-dppa)] and, with more dppa, a mixture of the binuclear complex [Pt2Me4(μ-dppa)2] and the mononuclear complex [PtMe2(dppa)]. In contrast, reaction of [Pt2Me4(μ-SMe2)(μ-dppa)] with dppm = Ph2CH2PPh2 or of [Pt2Me4(μ-SMe2)(μ-dppm)] with dppa gave only the binuclear complex [Pt2Me4(μ-dppm)(μ-dppa)]. This unusual complex, which has both bridging dppm and dppa ligands in equivalent positions in an organometallic complex, is more inert to rearrangement to mononuclear complexes, [PtMe2(dppm)] and [PtMe2(dppa)], than either symmetrical complex [Pt2Me4(μ-dppm)2] or [Pt2Me4(μ-dppa)2]. A combination of structural and NMR evidence indicates that all binuclear dimethylplatinum(II) complexes adopt a twist boat conformation, and the activation energy for fluxionality via a boat intermediate follows the series [Pt2Me4(μ-dppm)2] >> [Pt2Me4(μ-dppm)(μ-dppa)] > [Pt2Me4(μ-dppa)2].

Graphical abstract: A comparison of binuclear dimethylplatinum(ii) complexes with the bridging ligands X(PPh2)2, X = CH2 or NH

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
05 Feb 2003
Accepted
26 Mar 2003
First published
28 Apr 2003

Dalton Trans., 2003, 2313-2317

A comparison of binuclear dimethylplatinum(II) complexes with the bridging ligands X(PPh2)2, X = CH2 or NH

S. Jamali, M. Rashidi, M. C. Jennings and R. J. Puddephatt, Dalton Trans., 2003, 2313 DOI: 10.1039/B301419C

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