A model for the polymerisation of diazomethane by transition metal complexes
Abstract
The reaction of (cod)PtCl(CH3)(cod = cyclo-octa-1,4-diene) with diazomethane to give (cod)Pt(CH3)(CH2Cl), and the facile rearrangement of the latter to (cod)PtCl(CH2CH3), may represent a model for the key steps in the title process.