title: Metal-only Lewis pairs featuring unsupported Pt→M (M = Zn or Cd) dative bonds.
abstract: Reactions of [Pt(PCy(3))(2)] (Cy = cyclohexyl) with group 12 metal dihalides have afforded the novel metal only Lewis pair (MOLP) complexes, [(Cy(3)P)(2)Pt→MX(2)] (M = Zn or Cd, X = Br or I), or the oxidative addition product, trans-[(Cy(3)P)(2)(I)PtHgI]. The zinc complex represents the first MOLP to contain an unsupported Pt→Zn linkage.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Monash University, PO Box 23, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia.
authors.forename: Mengtao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Anastas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sidiropoulos
authors.forename: Lalrempuia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ralte
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stasch
authors.forename: Cameron
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jones