A stable five-coordinate platinum (IV) alkyl complex

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The five-coordinate Pt(IV) complex, (L)PtMe3 (1), where L-
is the anionic â-diimine ligand [{(o-iPr2C6H3)NC(CH3)}2CH]- has
been synthesized and fully characterized.9,10 Compound 1 was
prepared in good yield (75%) from the potassium salt of the
ligand11 and tetrameric trimethyl platinum(IV) triflate12 in dry
pentane solution. X-ray quality crystals of (L)PtMe3 were obtained
by reducing the volume of the pentane solution in vacuo. An
ORTEP diagram of 1 is shown in Figure 1, with selected structural
parameters contained in the figure legend.
A Stable Five-Coordinate Platinum(IV) Alkyl
Complex
Ulrich Fekl, Werner Kaminsky,† and Karen I. Goldberg*
Department of Chemistry, Box 351700
UniVersity of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-1700
ReceiVed February 13, 2001
ReVised Manuscript ReceiVed April 30, 2001
While coordination geometries ranging from square pyramidal
to trigonal bipyramidal are available for a five-coordinate
complex, the geometry about the platinum in 1 is clearly a square
pyramid. The Pt atom deviates only 0.099(3) Å toward C2 from
the perfect N1-N1′-C1-C1′ plane. Nothing is coordinating to
the open site on the Pt atom. No solvent molecules are found in
the crystal structure. The platinum center of the next molecule in
the crystal lattice is 7.1 Å away. The closest approach of
nonbonded groups to the open site are the isopropyl methine
hydrogens at 3.0 Å. This is the same distance observed in the
related Pt(II) complex 2 discussed below. In solution, no 195Pt
satellites are seen for the 1H NMR signals of the isopropyl
hydrogens. Thus, there is no indication of agostic interactions
between the isopropyl moieties on the ligand and the metal. It is
interesting that the methyl group trans to the open site shows
only a slightly shorter Pt-C distance compared to methyl trans
to nitrogen (2.038(7) versus 2.056(4) Å). A larger difference might
have been expected based on trans influence arguments.13,14
The NMR spectral data9 impressively demonstrate the high
solution-phase fluxionality of this five-coordinate complex. The
apparent symmetry of the molecule is greater in solution than in
the solid-state structure. The isopropyl groups above and below
the NCCCNPt plane are equivalent by NMR. The same is
observed for the aromatic hydrogens, and this pseudo-C2ν sym-
Coordinatively and electronically unsaturated species are short-
lived intermediates in a large number of reactions involving late
transition metal complexes.1 These species containing an “open-
site” in the metal coordination sphere are notoriously difficult to
characterize, owing to their inherent reactivity.2 In particular, five-
coordinate Pt(IV) alkyl species have been consistently proposed
as key intermediates in reductive elimination/oxidative addition
reactions to form or break C-C, C-H, C-O, and C-I bonds at
Pt(IV)/Pt(II), but such species have never been isolated or
unambiguously characterized.3,4 The intermediacy of these five-
coordinate complexes in bondbreaking and -making reactions of
model Pt complexes has significant implications for their involve-
ment in platinum-catalyzed selective alkane functionalization
reactions.5 While it has been possible to calculate the geometry
of five-coordinate Pt(IV) alkyl intermediates using quantum
chemical methods,6 attempts to generate such species experimen-
tally have invariably led to the observation that weakly coordinat-
ing anions or solvent molecules bind to the metal such that the
examination of the truly coordinatively unsaturated species was
not possible.7,8b No experimental evidence to establish the
geometry of the five-coordinate Pt(IV) alkyl complexes has been
reported.8 We report herein the first example of an isolable and
crystallographically characterized five-coordinate Pt(IV) alkyl
complex.
(7) (a) Crespo, M.; Puddephatt, R. J. Organometallics 1987, 6, 2548. (b)
Levy, C. J.; Puddephatt, R. J. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1997, 119, 10127. (c) Rendina,
L. M.; Puddephatt, R. J. Chem. ReV. 1997, 97, 1735. (d) Hill, G. S.; Yap, G.
P. A.; Puddephatt, R. J. Organometallics 1999, 18, 1408.
† UW Chemistry X-ray Facility.
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are models for five-coordinate alkylplatinum(IV) have been reported. These
involve metal complex fragments which are isolobal to CH3+ coordinated to
Pt(II). See for example: Arsenault, G. J.; Anderson, C. M.; Puddephatt, R. J.
Organometallics 1988, 7, 2094. (b) A potentially five-coordinate Werner-
type complex of platinum(IV), PtCl5-, has dichloromethane (which was
disordered in the crystal structure) in the sixth coordination site. Cook, P.
M.; Dahl, L. F.; Dickerhoof, D. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1972, 94, 5511. (c)
Five-coordinate silyl(dihydrido) Pt(IV) complexes have only recently been
structurally characterized: Reinartz, S.; White, P.; Brookhart, M.; Templeton,
J. L. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 6425-6426.
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mainly ruthenium, iridium, and rhodium, e.g.: (a) Gottschalk-Gaudig, T.;
Folting, K.; Caulton, K. G. Inorg. Chem. 1999, 38, 5241. (b) Rybtchinski,
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P.; Puddephatt, R. J.; Upton, C. E. E. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1974,
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(9) (L)PtMe3 (1): 1H NMR (750.1 MHz, pentane-d12, 223 K) δ 7.12 (4 H,
3
3
d, JH-H ) 7.5 Hz, Hm), 7.04 (2 H, t, JH-H ) 7.5 Hz, Hp), 4.99 (1 H, s,
â-CH), 2.89 (4 H, septet, 3JH-H ) 6.8 Hz, CHMe2), 1.72 (6 H, s, R-Me), 1.16
(24 H, d, JH-H ) 7 Hz, CHMeMe′, CHMeMe′, coincidently degenerate) 0.85
2
(9 H, s, JPt-H ) 74 Hz, Pt-Me). At 200 MHz (298 K, cyclohexane-d12), the
Pt-coupling to ligand hydrogens can be resolved: δ 4.98 (1 H, s, JPt-H ) 4.4
Hz, â-CH), 1.71 (6 H, s, JPt-H ) 3.2 Hz, R-Me). 13C{1H} NMR (188.6 MHz,
pentane-d12, 272 K) δ 159.1 (JPt-C ) 12 Hz, CR), 148.2 (Co), 142.3 (JPt-C
)
(4) Examples for C-H: (a) Hill, G. S.; Rendina, L. M.; Puddephatt, R. J.
Organometallics 1995, 14, 4966. (b) Stahl, S. S.; Labinger, J. A.; Bercaw, J.
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Jenkins, H. A.; Puddephatt, R. J. Organometallics 1999, 18, 2861. (h)
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Zh. Fiz. Khim. 1972, 46, 1353. (b) Stahl, S. S.; Labinger, J. A.; Bercaw, J. E.
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10 Hz, Cipso), 126.1 (Cp), 124.0 (Cm), 99.5 (JPt-C ) 33 Hz, CâH), 29.5 (CHMe2),
26.1 (JPt-C ) 11 Hz, R-Me), 25.15, (CHMeMe′), 25.00 (CHMeMe′), 1.66
(JPt-C ) 682 Hz, Pt-Me; 1H coupled experiment: JH-C ) 135 Hz). Anal.
Calcd for C32H50N2Pt: C, 58.43; H, 7.66; N, 4.26. Found C, 58.93; H 7.73;
N, 4.23.
(10) (L)PtMe3 (1): C32H50N2Pt, MW ) 657.83, clear orange cube;
orthorhombic, space group ) Pnam, T ) 130(2) K, a ) 14.1080(3) Å, b )
9.8470(3) Å, c ) 21.7820(4) Å, Z ) 4, R1 ) 0.0348, wR2 ) 0.0892. GOF
(F2) ) 1.065
(11) Feldman, J.; McLain, S. J.; Parthasarathy, A.; Marshall, W. J.;
Calabrese, J. C.; Arthur, S. D. Organometallics 1997, 16, 1514.
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(13) For a recent discussion of the trans influence in six-coordinate
platinum(IV) trimethyl complexes, see: Fekl, U.; van Eldik, R.; Lovell, S.;
Goldberg, K. Organometalllics 2000, 19, 3535.
+
(14) In contrast, DFT calculations for (NH3)2PtMe3 indicated a slightly
longer Pt-C distance (∆ ) 0.01 Å) trans vs cis to the open site.6a
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Figure 2. Methyl migration from five-coordinate platinum(IV) (1) to
the central carbon of the coordinated chelate ligand (2). Both structures
are from single-crystal X-ray determinations. Selected distances and angles
(Å, deg) for 2: Pt-C1, 2.041(7); Pt-C21, 2.027(9); Pt-N1, 2.141(5);
Pt-N2, 2.137(6); C1-Pt-C21, 82.8(3); N1-Pt-N2, 88.0(2).
Figure 1. Thermal ellipsoid (30% probability) plot for 1. Selected
distances and angles (Å, deg): Pt-C1, 2.056(4); Pt-C2, 2.038(7); Pt-
N1, 2.127(3); N1-Pt-N1′, 89.9(1); C1-Pt-C1′, 84.4(3); C2-Pt-C1,
89.6(2). There is a crystallographic mirror plane through atoms C2, C5,
and Pt.
Transformation of 1 into 2 was not observed by thermal
activation. Instead, heating a solution of 1 in cyclohexane at 90
°C in the dark led to decomposition to a variety of products,
including platinum black, over the course of half a day. The
expected product of C-C reductive elimination from 1, ethane
(60% yield), along with a small amount of methane (14%) were
the only products observed in the 1H NMR spectrum of the volatile
portion of the reaction mixture.20 Compound 2 is also unstable at
this temperature but is not an intermediate in the major pathway
for the thermal decomposition of 1 as ethane was not detected
upon thermolysis of 2.
metry of the ligand L is observed from room temperature down
to at least 223 K. A single, averaged signal is observed for the
two basal and the single apical methyl groups, at δ 0.88 (2JPt-H
1
1
) 74 Hz) in the H NMR and δ 1.66 (JPt-C ) 682 Hz, JH-C
)
135 Hz) in the 13C NMR. The spectra show sharp lines at all
measured temperatures; no line-broadening or other indication
for decoalescence of equatorial and apical methyl groups is
observed.15 The magnitude of the coupling constants to Pt is
consistent with the assignment as platinum(IV).16
In contrast, 100% conversion (1H NMR) of 1 to 2 was observed
within 10 min of irradiation of a sample of 1 at ambient
temperature using a commercial Hg/Xe lamp. There is strong
precedent that photolysis of methylplatinum(IV) compounds
can lead to homolytic Pt-C bond cleavage.21 Thus, a radical
pathway may be involved in the transformation of 1 to 2.
Experiments to examine the mechanism of this unusual photo-
chemical reaction as well as the thermal production of ethane
from 1 are in progress. The syntheses of related five-coordinate
Pt(IV) complexes and the reactivity of these species with
two-electron donor ligands/nucleophiles are also under investiga-
tion.
Since five-coordinate Pt(IV) alkyl complexes are highly labile
intermediates in many reductive elimination reactions from Pt-
(IV) complexes,3,4 the stability of 1 is of significant interest.
Compound 1 was found to be stable in pentane or cyclohexane
at ambient temperature for days, but only if protected from light.
If exposed to ambient room light, a new compound (2) is formed
within 2-3 days. The NMR spectrum of 2 shows a Pt-Me signal
at δ 0.12 (2JPt-H ) 88.5 Hz) which integrates to two methyl
groups.17 The large coupling to 195Pt is consistent with a Pt(II)
oxidation state.16 A new methyl signal appears in the ligand part
of the spectrum of 2 at δ 2.17, exhibiting a coupling constant
(3JH-H) of 7 Hz to the central hydrogen of the ligand and integrates
to three hydrogens. The isopropyl groups above and below the
plane are nonequivalent. These data are consistent with a Pt(II)
Acknowledgment is made to the National Science Foundation for
support of this work. U.F. is grateful to DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst) for a Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. K.I.G. is an Alfred
P. Sloan Research Fellow. We are grateful to April D. Getty (UW) for a
gift of the ligand L-H and to Dr. Joanna R. Long for assistance in the
use of the 750 MHz NMR.
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dimethyl product which results from the formal transfer of CH3
from the Pt(IV) to the central anionic carbon of the ligand. Thus,
2 is an isomer of 1 containing four-coordinate platinum(II) and
the methylated ligand L-Me.18 The identity of (L-Me)PtMe2 (2)
was confirmed by a single-crystal X-ray structure determination
of the product.19 The conversion of 1 to 2 is depicted in Figure
2. Relevant structural parameters for 2 can be found in the legend
of Figure 2.
Supporting Information Available: Synthetic procedures for 1 and
2, an ORTEP drawing for 2 (PDF); X-ray crystallographic data files for
1 and 2 (CIF). This information is available free of charge via the Internet
at http://pubs.acs.org.
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(15) The H chemical shifts show only a slight temperature dependence:
On going from ambient T to 223 K: ∆δ ) - 0.025 ppm for Pt-Me.
(16) (a) Kite, K.; Smith, J. A. S.; Wilkins, E. J. J. Chem. Soc. A 1966,
1744. (b) Clegg, D. E.; Hall, J. R.; Swile, G. A. J. Organomet. Chem. 1972,
38, 403. (c) Appleton, T. G.; Clark, H. C.; Manzer, L. E. Coord. Chem. ReV.
1973, 10, 335.
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(19) (L-Me)PtMe2 (2): C32H50N2Pt, MW ) 657.83, orange-yellow block;
monoclinic, space group ) P21, T ) 130(2) K, a ) 9.0970(4) Å, b ) 13.9530-
(17) (L-Me)PtMe2 (2): 1H NMR (500 MHz, cyclohexane-d12, 298 K) δ
7.03-7.14 (6 H, m, Hm, Hm′, Hp), 3.75 (2 H, septet, 3JH-H ) 7 Hz, CHMe2),
3.39 (1 H, q, 3JH-H ) 7 Hz, â-H), 3.03 (2 H, septet, 3JH-H ) 7 Hz, CH′Me2),
(6) Å, c ) 12.7610(6) Å, â ) 109.996(3)°, Z ) 2, R1 ) 0.0366, wR2
)
0.0816, GOF (F2) ) 1.091.
3
2.17 (3 H, d, JH-H ) 7 Hz, â-CH3), 1.46 (6 H, s, R-CH3), 1.29 (12 H, d,
(20) Yields of ethane and methane (mol % relative to 1) were calculated
3
1
3JH-H ) 7 Hz, CH(Me)Me, CH(Me)Me′), 1.10 (6 H, d, JH-H ) 7 Hz, CH-
by integration of their H NMR signals against that of an internal standard.
(Me)Me′′), 1.09 (6 H, d, 3JH-H ) 7 Hz, CH(Me)Me′′′), 0.12 (6 H, s, 2JPt-H
)
These yields should be regarded as lower limits since only the gases in solution
are detected.
88.5 Hz, Pt-Me).
(18) Complexes in which the similar ligand L-H coordinates to metals
(21) (a) Hackelberg, O.; Wojcicki, A. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1980, 44, L 63.
(b) Hux, J. E.; Puddephatt, R. J. J. Organomet. Chem. 1992, 437, 251.
are known.11