title: Monomeric platinum(II) hydroxides supported by sterically dominant α-diimine ligands.
abstract: The use of two new highly sterically bulky α-diimine ligands for the stabilization of neutral, monomeric platinum(II) hydroxo complexes is described. Halide abstraction from LPtCl(2) complexes of these ligands in the presence of water, followed by deprotonation of the cationic aquo complex, leads to LPt(OH)Cl and LPt(OH)(2). The latter can be reprotonated with HNTf(2) to yield a highly fluxional hydroxoaquoplatinum(II) cation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Lohr
authors.forename: Warren E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Piers
authors.forename: Masood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parvez