Isolation of an electronically saturated cluster of platinum; synthesis of [Pt4(η5-C5Me5)3(µ3-CO)(CO)2]+
Abstract
Protonation of [Pt2(η5-C5Me5)2(CO)2] with HBF4 affords the electronically saturated sixty-electron cluster [Pt4(η5-C5Me5)3(µ3-CO)(CO)2]+BF4–.