Synthesis of Pt(II)-η3-benzyl complexes: crystal structure of t2P(CH2)3PBut2)(η3-anti-1-MeCHC6H4Br-4)>

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(90)87277-K

Treatment of bis(1,5-cyclooctadiene)platinum with 1,3-bis(di-t-butylphosphino)propane and various styrenes and subsequent protonation of the resultant platinum(0) alkene complexes affords a series of cationic complexes t2P(CH2)3PBu^t2)(η³-anti-1-MeCH6H4X)>(BF4) (X = Br-3, Br-4 (2b), H, Me-4, MeO-4).These have been characterized by NMR spectroscopy and, in the case of 2b, by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction study.