Preparation and characterization of some mixed ligand complexes of platinum(II)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)80331-5

The mixed ligand complexes PtX₂(ER₃)L and PtXY(ER₃)L (where ER₃ = PR₃ or AsMe₃; L = phosphine, arsine; X = Cl; Y = Cl, H or Me) have been prepared and characterized. Reaction of PtMe₂(ER₃)L with HCl yields PtMeCl(ER₃)L, in exclusively one of three possible isomeric forms. Excess tetramethyltin reacts with Pt₂Cl₂(μ-Cl)₂(PMe₂Ph)₂ giving both cis and trans Pt₂(μ-Cl)₂(PMe₂Ph)₂, as identified from the NMR spectra. Cleavage of Pt₂(μ-Cl)₂Me₂(PMe₂Ph)₂ with donor ligands such as AsPh₃, PMe₂ or pyridine, was useful as a synthetic route to the unsymmetrical methylchloro Pt^II derivatives. The reaction of cis-[PtMe₂(PPh₃)(AsPh₃)] with excess dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate (DMA) yielded only one product, which was of the formula trans-[Pt{C(COOCH₃)C(COOCH₃)CH₃}₂(PPh₃)(AsPh₃)], with the alkenyl groups having the same geometry about the CC bond. The use of diethylacetylene-dicarboxylate (DEA) rather than DMA gave a similar product. However, when cis-[PtMe₂(PEt₃)(AsPh₃)] was allowed to react with DMA, two products of the formula trans-[Pt{C(COOCH₃)C(COOCH₃)CH₃}₂(PEt₃)(AsPh₃)] were obtained, with the stereochemistry of both alkenyl groups being either cis or trans.