title: Intramolecular transcyclometallation: the exchange of an aryl-Pt bond for an alkyl-Pt bond via an agostic intermediate.
abstract: Oxidation of a square-planar platinum complex leads to a five coordinate cationic intermediate that can be stabilized and trapped out via an agostic interaction with the alkyl chain of a ligand. Subsequent reaction of this species leads to the formation of an alkyl-Pt bond at the expense of an aryl-Pt bond: an intramolecular transcyclometallation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. j.rourke@warwick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Jessica M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: Christopher P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Guy J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Clarkson
authors.forename: Jonathan P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Rourke