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Inorganic Chemistry, Vol. 50, No. 5, 2011 1817
Scheme 2. Reaction of 5 with CO
Scheme 3. Formation of the Platinum Monocarbonyl Complex 8
(dfepe = (C2F5)2PCH2CH2P(C2F5)2) (5) with CO gave access
to both the mono- and dicarbonyl products 6 and 7, though 7
could not be isolated due to the facile loss of CO (Scheme 2).
However, neither complex could be characterized in the crystal.13
The same group showed that, in addition to Pt(0) systems,
cationic (fluoroalkyl)phosphine Pt(II) mono- and dicarbonyl
complexes are also accessible.14
required treatment of [(Cy3P)2Pt] with [(η5-C5Me5)Ir(CO)2]
as a selective source for 1 equiv of CO under photolytic con-
ditions, whereupon one carbonyl ligand is transferred from
the iridium to the platinum center.
The synthesis of monocarbonyl platinum complexes was
motivated by our search for suitable precursors for borylene-
carbonyl exchange reactions, thus allowing for the synthesis
of platinum(0)borylene complexes. Despite the rather well-
developed chemistry of borylene complexes,15 corresponding
mononuclear species deriving from platinum are still re-
stricted to only two examples, which display platinum in
the formal oxidation state of þII.16
After workup, the monocarbonyl complex 8 is isolated as
an orange crystalline material in 31% yield. The 31P NMR
spectrum reveals a signal at 63.7 ppm similar to that of the
starting material [(Cy3P)2Pt] (62.3 ppm, 1JP-Pt = 4160 Hz),
with a marginally lower coupling constant of 1JP-Pt = 4101 Hz.
The crystal structure of 8 revealed a C2v symmetric molecule
displaying a trigonal-planar coordinated platinum center
Herein we present the synthesis and structural character-
ization of [(Cy3P)2Pt(CO)] (8), the first platinum monocar-
bonyl complex with two nonchelating phosphine ligands and
the platinum dicarbonyl complex [(Cy3P)2Pt(CO)2] (9).
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with a P1-Pt-P1_a angle of 124.0(9) A.
To the best of our knowledge, compound 8 represents the
first structurally characterized complex of the composition
[(R3P)2Pt(CO)]. In comparison to the four-coordinated tris-
(phosphine) carbonyl complex 3, which displays Pt-C dis-
Results and Discussion
The title compounds were synthesized via two different
reaction pathways. The synthesis of [(Cy3P)2Pt(CO)] (8)
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tances of 1.86(3) and 1.84(2) A, due to the presence of two
polymorphs, the three-coordinate bis(phosphine) complex
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8 exhibits a very similar Pt-C separation of 1.885(12) A.
Likewise, the C-O bond lengths are in the same range that is
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1.139(7) and 1.12(4) A for 3 and 1.131(18) A for 8.
An effort to generate the corresponding platinum(0) dicar-
bonyl complex [(Cy3P)2Pt(CO)2] (9) was achieved via a dif-
ferent synthetic approach. A toluene solution of [(Cy3P)2Pt]
was briefly exposed to CO at temperatures below -20 °C to
afford a bright yellow solution. The product is formed as con-
firmed by a 31P NMR signal at 21.2 ppm with a coupling con-
stant of 1JP-Pt = 3138 Hz.
A similar synthetic route based on the treatment of
[(Cy3P)2PtH2] with CO at room temperature was reported
in 1979. A new resonance at 19.8 ppm was observed in the 31P
NMR spectra, but attempts to isolate the product only re-
sulted in the cluster [(Cy3P)3Pt3(CO)3].19 Later work of the
same group described the reaction of trans-[(Cy3P)2PtH2]
with CO at low temperature that succeeded in the formation
of 9, which was spectroscopically characterized.20 We were
able to isolate the dicarbonyl compound [(Cy3P)2Pt(CO)2] (9)
as a yellow solid in 71% yield upon concentration of the reac-
tion mixture at low temperatures. Colorless crystals suitable
for X-ray structure determination were obtained from toluene
solutions after 7 days at -30 °C. In the crystal, 9 displays a
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(17) The crystal data of 8 were collected at a Bruker X8Apex diffractometer
with a CCD area detector and multilayer mirror monochromated Mo KR
radiation. The crystal data of 9 were collected at a Bruker D8 diffractometer
with an Apex CCD area detector and graphite monochromated Mo KR
radiation. The structures were solved using direct methods, refined with the
Shelx software package (Sheldrick, G. M. Acta Crystallogr. 2008, A64, 112) and
expanded using Fourier techniques. All non-hydrogen atoms were refined aniso-
tropically. Hydrogen atoms were assigned idealized positions and were included in
structure factor calculations. Crystal data for 8: C37H66OP2Pt, Mr = 783.93, orange
plate, 0.27 ꢀ 0.17 ꢀ 0.07 mm3, monoclinic space group C2/c, a = 16.7337(12) Å,
b = 9.1857(7) Å, c = 24.2468(17) Å, β = 109.375(3)°, V = 3515.9(4) Å3, Z = 4,
F
calcd = 1.481 g cm-3, μ = 4.109 mm-1, F(000) = 1616, T = 100(2) K, R1 = 0.0314,
wR2 = 0.0725, 5214 independent reflections [2θ e 65.5°] and 187 parameters.
Crystal data for 9: C45H74O2P2Pt, Mr = 904.07, colorless block, 0.19 ꢀ 0.38 ꢀ 0.44
mm3, orthorhombic space group Pna21, a = 26.531(2) Å, b = 10.7170(9) Å, c =
15.0153(13) Å, V = 4269.3(6) Å3, Z = 4, Fcalcd = 1.407 g cm-3, μ = 3.396 mm-1
,
F(000) = 1872, T = 173(2) K, R1 = 0.0195, wR2 = 0.0397, 10 706 independent
reflections [2θ e 56.9°] and 452 parameters. Crystallographic data have been
deposited with the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Center as supplementary
publication no. CCDC-795251 (8) and CCDC-795252 (9). These data can be
obtained free of charge from The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via www.
ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif.
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