Principal values of 13C chemical shift
tensors have been measured in 19 compounds
containing carbon σ-bonded to transition metals, namely,
PtMe2(cod), PtMe2(nbd),
PtMe2(bpy), PtMe2(tmeda),
cis-PtMe2(dmso)2, PtClMe(cod),
PtClMe(bpy),
Pt(CH2SiMe3)2(cod),
Pt(CH2SiMe3)2(nbd),
cis-Pt(CH2SiMe3)2(dmso)2,
Pt(C⋮C-
t
Bu)2(cod),
Pt(4-
t
Bu-phenyl)2(nbd),
[Me3PtI]4,
[Me3PtOH]4,
(Me3Pt)2SO4,
PdMe2(tmeda), Fe(Cp)(CO)2Me,
Mo(Cp)(CO)3Me, and
Mo(Cp)(CO)3Et. A range of behaviours is
observed, the most striking of which is a strong
dependence of anisotropy on the nature of the other ligands in the
complex. A very large
anisotropy is induced by the presence of a chelating diolefin on the
same metal center. The
low-frequency isotropic shifts generally observed for metal-bound
carbon are found to result
mainly from a single low-frequency component.