The synthesis, structure, and reactions of some simple unsaturated σ-hydrocarbylplatinum(II) complexes

Cardin, C. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2556-9995, Cardin, D. J., Lappert, M. F. and Muir, K. W. (1973) The synthesis, structure, and reactions of some simple unsaturated σ-hydrocarbylplatinum(II) complexes. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 60 (2). pp. 70-73. ISSN 0022-328X doi: 10.1016/S0022-328X(00)80640-3

Abstract/Summary

Trimethyltin compounds Me3SnR(R = CHCH2, CFCF2, or CCPh) are selective reagents for the synthesis of unsaturated hydrocarbyl derivatives such as trans-PtCl(R)(PPhEt2)2, by R/Cl exchange or oxidative addition (e.g., to Pt(PPh3)3); single crystal X-ray analyses of two such compounds (R = CHCH2 or CCPh) show that the trans-influence of R has only a low sensitivity to hybridisation at carbon, with sp3 > sp ⩾ sp2.