CLEAVAGE OF THE CARBON-SILICON BONDS IN TRIMETHYLSILYLACETYLENES BY trans-PF6 CATIONS AND FORMATION OF CATIONIC ALKOXYCARBENE COMPLEXES OF PLATINUM (II)

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(83)87177-0

Cationic alkoxycarbene complexes of platinum(II) have been isolated in the reactions of trans-<(PR3)2PtX(R'OH)>PF6 (X=H or Me; R'=Me or Et) with Me3SiC<*>CR'' (R''=H, Me or SiMe3).In these reactions cleavage of the carbon-silicon bond by the nuclophilic a