title: Heteronuclear Hexaplatinum Cluster Complexes: Structure as a Function of Electron Count.
abstract: The 84-electron hexaplatinum cluster complex [Pt(6)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)], 1, dppm = Ph(2)PCH(2)PPh(2), reacts in a 1:2 molar ratio with either 0-electron metalloligands LM(+) (L = Ph(3)P, M = Cu, Ag, Au; L = iPr(3)P, M = Au) or InX(3) (X = Cl, Br) or 2-electron metalloligands Tl(+) and Hg to give the corresponding 84-electron clusters [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-ML)(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)](2+) or [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-InX(3))(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)] or 88-electron clusters [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-Tl)(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)](2+) and [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-Hg)(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)], respectively. The mercury cluster is oxidized by CH(2)I(2) to give the known 86-electron cluster [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-HgI)(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)]. Reaction of 1 with [Ir(CO)(4)](-) occurs in a 1:1 ratio only to give the 98-electron anionic cluster [Pt(6){&mgr;(3)-Ir(CO)(2)}(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)](-), which reacts with [Ph(3)PAu](+) to give [Pt(6){&mgr;(3)-Ir(CO)(2)}(&mgr;(3)-AuPPh(3))(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)]. The new cluster complexes are characterized by NMR and IR spectroscopies, and [Pt(6)(&mgr;(3)-AuPiPr(3))(2)(&mgr;-CO)(6)(&mgr;-dppm)(3)](2+) is also characterizedby an X-ray structure determination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada N6A 5B7.
authors.forename: Greg J.
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Spivak
authors.forename: Jagadese J.
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vittal
authors.forename: Richard J.
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Puddephatt