The Pt(II) phosphido methyl complexes Pt(dppe)(Me)(PPhR) (dppe = Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2,
R = i-Bu, 1; R = Is = 2,4,6-(i-Pr)3C6H2, 2) have been prepared by proton transfer from
secondary phosphines to the methoxide ligand of Pt(dppe)(Me)(OMe). Oxidative addition of
ClC(O)C3F7 to Pt(PPh2Me)4 gives trans-Pt(PPh2Me)2(COC3F7)(Cl) (3); treatment of 3 with
dppe yields Pt(dppe)(COC3F7)(Cl) (4). Complexes 3·0.5CH2Cl2 and 4 were structurally
characterized by X-ray crystallography. Reaction of 4 with AgBF4 and a secondary phosphine
or treatment of [Pt(dppe)(COC3F7)(NCMe)][BF4] (5) with a secondary phosphine gives the
cations [Pt(dppe)(COC3F7)(PHPhAr)][BF4] (Ar = Mes = 2,4,6-Me3C6H2, 6; Ar = o-anisyl, 7;
Ar = Is, 8; Ar = Mes-F9 = 2,4,6-(CF3)3C6H2, 9; Ar = Ph, 10). Deprotonation of the cations
with LiN(SiMe3)2 affords the phosphido complexes Pt(dppe)(COC3F7)(PPhAr) (Ar = Mes,
11; Ar = o-anisyl, 12; Ar = Is, 13; Ar = Mes-F9, 14; Ar = Ph, 15). Fluxional processes in
complexes 11−15 were studied by variable-temperature multinuclear NMR spectroscopy;
the spectra are consistent with rapid phosphorus inversion on the NMR time scale at room
temperature.