Synthesis of binuclear platinum(IV) complexes with Pt(CH2)nPt units

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/om00127a017

The complex [PtMe₂(N N)], N N = 1,10-phenanthroline, reacts with a series of organic halides to give new platimim(IV) complexes characterized as [PtXMe₂R(N N)] (R = Me, Et, n-Pr, n-Bu, CH₂C₆H₄CH₂Br, (CH₂)_nX; n = 0, 1,3, 5; X = Br, I). Complexes [PtIMe₂{(CH₂)_nI}(N N)] (n = 3-5) react further with [PtMe₂(N N)] to produce binuclear complexes [Pt₂I₂Me₄{μ-(CH₂)_n}(N N)₂]. The complexes are characterized by elemental analysis and NMR and in the case of the binuclear complexes by pyrolysis.