title: A triangular triplatinum(0) complex with bridging germylene ligands: insertion of alkynes into the Pt-Ge bond rather than the Pt-Pt bond.
abstract: A new triangular triplatinum(0) complex with bridging diphenylgermylene ligands, [{Pt(PMe3)}3(μ-GePh2)3], undergoes insertion of ZC≡CZ (Z = COOMe) into a Pt-Ge bond. The product contains a μ3-η(2)(∥)-CZ=CZ-GePh2 ligand on the Pt3 plane. Two molecules of HC≡CZ react to afford the Pt3 complex with chelating C, Ge- and Ge, Ge-ligands.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-R1-3 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan. kosakada@res.titech.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Kimiya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Shumpei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omine
authors.forename: Kohtaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Osakada