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Thermal decomposition of platinum(IV)-silicon, -germanium, and -tin complexes
Levy, Christopher J.,Puddephatt, Richard J.
, p. 4115 - 4120 (1997)
The thermal decomposition of a number of complexes of the type [PtMe2(Me3E)X(diimine)] (E = Si, Ge, Sn; X = Cl, Br, I) has been studied. The thermal stability of complexes, as determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), varies depending on the diimine ligand in the order 2,2′-bipyridyl (bpy) > 4,4′-di-tert-butyl-2,2′-bipyridyl (bpy-tbu2) > N-(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)pyridine-2-aldimine (paen-me2) > (2-imino-n-propyl)pyridine (py-n-pr). Stability also varies according to the trends E = Sn ≈ Ge > Si and X = I > Br > Cl. The products of thermal decomposition have also been determined by 1H NMR and three distinct modes of decomposition are evident: reductive elimination of Me3EX, reductive elimination of Me4E, and α-elimination of Me2E. The competition between reductive elimination of Me3EX and Me4E depends primarily on the halide, X, with the ratio Me3EX:Me4E highest for X = Cl and lowest for X = I. The competition between reductive elimination and α-elimination depends primarily on E, with the tendency to α-elimination of Me2E increasing as E = Si 2(Me3Si)(bpy)] as 233 ± 14 kJ mol-1.
