Alexander D. Ryabov, Gregory M. Kazankov, Irina M. Panyashkina, Oleg V. Grozovsky, Oleg G. Dyachenko, Vladimir A. Polyakov and Lyudmila G. Kuzmina
Acetophenone, benzamide, ferrocenyl methyl ketone and ferrocenecarboxamide oximes reacted with cis-[PtCl2(dmso)2] (dmso = dimethyl sulfoxide) in refluxing methanol to afford the expected platina(II)cycles N,S-trans-[Pt(C–N)Cl(dmso)], where C–N stands for the corresponding cycloplatinated organic ligand. The highest yield of 51% was observed in the case of the acetophenone oxime complex. The structures of the complexes were established on the basis of analytical and 1H NMR data, and confirmed by an X-ray diffraction analysis of the platinated ferrocenyl methyl ketone oxime. A cyclic voltammetry study of the latter indicated that cyclometallation decreases the redox potential of the ferrocene unit by ca. 200 mV. The reaction of a bulkier analog of acetophenone oxime, viz. 2-methyl-1-phenylbutan-1-one oxime, resulted in the formation of the unexpected platinum(IV) complex fac-[Pt(C–N)Cl3(SMe2)] revealing a unique combination of oxidative cycloplatination and dmso-deoxygenation processes which occur under rather mild conditions. The composition of the platinum(IV) compound was established by X-ray crystallography. The Pt–Cl bond distance trans to the phenyl carbon [2.464(4) Å] is rather large. As a result, the trans chloro ligand undergoes rapid solvolysis in aqueous solution, causing a pH drop. The deoxygenation of dimethyl sulfoxide that occurs within the metal co-ordination sphere can be viewed as a model of the action of the metal-dependent redox enzyme dimethyl sulfoxide reductase.