title: Coordinated olefins as incipient carbocations: catalytic codimerization of ethylene and internal olefins by a dicationic Pt(II)-ethylene complex.
abstract: The coordinated ethylene molecule in the dicationic complex [(PNP)Pt(CH2=CH2)](BF4)2 (PNP = 2,6-bis(diphenylphosphinomethyl)pyridine) undergoes nucleophilic attack by free internal alkenes, giving the isolable complexes [(PNP)Pt(CH2=CHCH(Me)CMeRR'](BF4)2 (R, R' = H, Me) and providing a new effective pathway for a chemo- and regio-selective catalytic hydrovinylation reaction.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant' Angelo, via Cintia, I-80126 Napoli, Italy.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Maria E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cucciolito
authors.forename: Aldo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vitagliano