SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF cis-PtX2(P(t-Bu)2CH2CH2CH=CHCH3) (X = Cl, Br), A PLATINUM ?-OLEFIN COMPLEX FORMED BY THE INTRAMOLECULAR ACTIVATION OF A CYCLOPROPYLPHOSPHINE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(87)80233-4

The mixed chloro/bromo ?-olefin complexes cis-PtX2(P(t-Bu)2CH2CH2CH=CHCH3) (2) have been prepared by the reaction of Zeise's salt (K) with <*> in boiling ethanol.The dimer complexes <*> (1) (X, Y = Cl or Br) form first with subsequent activation of cyclopropane to give the monomeric ?-olefin complexes (2).The mixed ?-olefin complexes 2 co-crystallize.The average structure of 2 has been determined by X-ray methods.The relative occupancies in bromine for halogen sites cis- and trans- to coordinated olefin are 0.464(6) and 0.256(6), respectively.The olefin is symmetrically bound to the Pt atom (Pt-C 2.17(1) Angstroem).The olefinic C-C bond length is 1.38(1) Angstroem.