A new route to metallacycloalkanes.
Reaction of the bis-alkenyl complex cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2CH2CH=CH2)2] with Grubbs 1st generation catalyst gives, in high yield, the metallacycloalkene cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2)], which can be hydrogenated to the metallacycloalkane cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2)6].
Dralle
Katja
K
Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Jaffa
Nastassia L
NL
le Roex
Tanya
T
Moss
John R
JR
Travis
Susan
S
Watermeyer
Nicholas D
ND
Sivaramakrishna
Akella
A