Reactions between diaminediaquaplatinum complexes [Pt(N∩N)(H2O)2]2+ and sodium ascorbate (NaHAsc) have
been studied using 1H and 195Pt NMR spectroscopy. Mixtures of platinum ascorbate species were formed involving
different binding modes of the ascorbate ligand, namely, [Pt(HAsc-O
3)(H2O)(N∩N)]+, in which a single ascorbate
acts as a monodentate ligand, the bis(ascorbate)platinum complexes [Pt(HAsc-O
3)2(N∩N)] and [Pt(HAsc-O
3)(HAsc-C
2)(N∩N)], and [Pt(Asc-O
2,O
3)(N∩N)] and [Pt(Asc-C
2,O
5)(N∩N)], in which the ascorbate acts as a chelating
ligand (N∩N = en, N,N-dmen, N,N‘-dmen, N,N,N‘,N‘-tmen; HAsc- = C6H7O6
-, Asc2- = C6H6O6
2-). The crystal
structure of ascorbato-C
2,O
5-ethylenediamineplatinum(II) dihydrate, [Pt(Asc-C
2,O
5)(en)]·2H2O, was established
by X-ray crystallography. A series of diphosphineplatinum complexes of the type [Pt(Asc-O
2,O
3)(P∩P)] (P∩P =
dppm, dppe, dppp) was prepared from the corresponding [Pt(NO3)2(P∩P)] species. These have been characterized
by elemental analysis and infrared and 1H and 31P{1H} NMR spectroscopies.