Mass spectrometric studies on platinum (II) complexes

Abstract

Several platinum(I1) complexes were subjected to mass spectrometric investigation. The major fragmentation pathways for dichloro-bis(phosphine) platinum(I1) were elucidated to be: (i) successive loss of hydrogen chloride or chlorine depending on the structure of the phosphine, (ii) cleavage of P-R bond with the loss of R group, (iii) the presence of [R1RzR3P -C1]+ in the mass spectra and (iv) fragmentation of the free phosphine. PtCl