Platinum and palladium complexes of bicyclo[3.3.1]non-1-ene. Bonding and reactions of strained olefin-transition-metal complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om00121a016

Stable Pt(0) and Pt(II) complexes of bicyclo[3.3.1]non-1-ene have been prepared and exhibit considerable stability relative to the uncomplexed olefin. Despite NMR data indicating significant back-bonding in these complexes, unusually low barriers to rotat