Complexes of platinum(ii), platinum(iv), rhodium(ni) and iridium(iii) containing orthometallated triphenylphosphine

Martin A. Bennett*, Suresh K. Bhargava, Mingzhe Ke, Anthony C. Willis

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    Abstract

    Treatment of [PtCl2(SEt2)2] or [RhCl3(SEt2)3] with 2-LiC6H4PPh2 gives four-membered ring chelate arylplatinum(n) or arylrhodium(m) complexes [Pt{C6H4(PPh2)-2}3 and [Rh {C6H4(PPh2)-2}3], respectively, whereas the corresponding reaction of [IrCl3(SEt2)3] gives JrCl{C6H4(PPh2)-2}2(PPh 3)] arising from cleavage of an Ir-C6H4(PPh2) bond. The chemistry of [Pt{C6H4(PPh2)-2}2] is dominated by the lability of the Pt-P bonds, which are displaced sequentially by ligands at room temperature to give complexes containing monodentate C6H4(PPh2), i.e. [Pt{C6H4(PPh2)-2} {n-C6-H4(PPh2)-2}(L)] [L = PPh2, P(OPh)3, P(OMe)3 or Bu'NC] and [Pt{n'-C6H4(PPh2)-2}2(R 2PCH2CH2PR2)] (R = Ph, Me or Cy). In the cases of Me2PCH2CH2PMe2 and Cy2PCH2CH2PCy2, binuclear intermediates can be detected in which these ligands bridge two platinum atoms. Oxidative addition of methyl iodide or iodine to [Pt{C6H4(PPh2)-2}2] gives initially platinum(iv) complexes [PtI(R){C6H4(PPh2)-2}2] (R = Me or I) in which the added groups are mutually trans; in the final, stable products the added groups and the phosphorus atoms are, separately, mutually cis. Oxidative addition of bromine to [Pt{C6H4(PPh2)-2}2] gives initially trans-[PtBr2{C6H4(PPh2)-2} 2] but subsequent oxidation and hydrolysis at the phosphorus atoms gives chelate tertiary phosphine oxide complexes of platinum(iv). The molecular structures of [Rh{C6H4(PPh2)-2}3] and rö-[PtI(Me){C6H4(PPh2)-2}2] have been determined by X-ray crystallography.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3537-3545
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of the Chemical Society. Dalton Transactions
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2000

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