An unprecedented process involving normal and redox transmetallation reactions between Hg and Pt affording the unexpected K[Pt2{CH2C(O)Me}6(μ-Cl)3] complex: the key role of X-ray powder diffraction in unravelling its nature and structure†
Abstract
[Hg{CH2C(O)Me}2] reacts with K[PtCl3(CH2CH2)]
(2 ∶ 1 molar ratio) to give K[Pt2{CH2C(O)Me}6(μ-Cl)3]
(1); the intermediate [Pt{CH2C(O)Me}Cl2(CH2CH2)]− has been detected in solution and isolated as a Me4N+ salt; the process occurs through successive normal and redox