Insertion of alkynes into Pt-X bonds of square planar [PtX2(N^N)] (X = Cl, Br, I) complexes.
The reactivity with acetylene of [PtX2(Me2phen)] (X = Cl, Br, I) complexes has been investigated. Whereas the chlorido species [PtCl2(Me2phen)] exhibits negligible reactivity at short reaction times, the bromido and iodido species [PtBr2(Me2phen)] and [PtI2(Me2phen)] lead initially to formation of Pt(II) five-coordinate complexes, [PtX2(η(2)-CH≡CH)(Me2phen)], that evolve to four-coordinate alkenyl complexes of the type [PtX(η(1)-E-CH=CHX)(Me2phen)]. The alkenyl complexes, in the presence of excess acetylene, establish an equilibrium with the five-coordinate alkyne-alkenyl species [PtX(η(1)-E-CH=CHX)(η(2)-CH≡CH)(Me2phen)] (X = Br, I). The π-bonded acetylene can be exchanged with free olefins or C≡O, affording the new alkene-alkenyl or carbonyl-alkenyl complexes [PtX(η(1)-E-CH=CHX)(η(2)-olefin)(Me2phen)] and [PtX(η(1)-E-CH=CHX)(C≡O)(Me2phen)]. The five-coordinate geometry of the alkyne-alkenyl and alkene-alkenyl complexes was assessed from NMR data and is fully consistent with that of a previously determined X-ray structure of [PtBr(η(1)-E-CH[double bond, length as m-dash]CHBr)(η(2)-CH2=CH2)(Me2phen)].
Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche ed Ambientali, Università del Salento, Via Monteroni, I-73100 Lecce, Italy. fp.fanizzi@unisalento.it michele.benedetti@unisalento.it.
Michele
M
Benedetti
Vincenza
V
Lamacchia
Daniela
D
Antonucci
Paride
P
Papadia
Concetta
C
Pacifico
Giovanni
G
Natile
Francesco P
FP
Fanizzi