The influence of ancillary ligands, Lewis acids, carbon substituents, and oxidants on the stability and reactivity of 2-platinaoxetanes was investigated through the reactions of 2-platinaoxetanes Pt(L2)(AOC7H10) (L2 = COD, 2PEt3, 2PPh3, dppe, But
2bpy, Me2bpy; A = nothing or a Lewis acid; C7H10 = norbornene) with Lewis acids, alkenes, H2O2, and Br2. Addition of catalytic or stoichiometric amounts of BF3 to 2-platinaoxetanes PtL2(C7H10OBF3) (L2 = 2PEt3 (7), 2PPh3 (8), dppe (9), But
2bpy (10), Me2bpy (11)) in the presence of benzonorbornene diacetate (NB2) does not give alkene exchange, as observed previously for Pt(COD)(C7H10OBF3) (2), but only norbornene extrusion. The Pt products are hydroxo complexes [PtL2(μ-OH)]2(BF3OH)2 for L = PPh3 and PEt3 or unidentified compounds. Treatment of Pt(COD)(BF3OC7H10) (2) with ethylene in the presence of catalytic or stoichiometric amounts of BF3 affords norbornene, acetaldehyde, and allyl complex [Pt(COD)(η3-CH2CHCHCH3)]X (X = BF3OH or BF4, 12). Similar reactions of 2 or 2-platinaoxetane [Pt2(COD)2(OC7H10)Cl]BF4 (1) with isobutylene give norbornene, allyl complex [Pt(COD)(η3-CH2C(CH3)CH2)]BF4 (13), Pt(COD)Cl2 (for 1 only), and presumably water. To investigate the stability of 2-platinaoxetanes with different oxygen-coordinated Lewis acids, Pt(COD)(C7H10O) (6) was treated with 1,2-C6F4(BAr2)2 (Ar = C6F5), HBF4, MeOTf, or Ph3PAuOTf, and PtL2(C7H10O) (L2 = 2PEt3 (5), 2PPh3 (18), dppe (19)) were treated with HBF4. In each case, norbornene (NB) extrusion is observed. (Complexes 18 and 19 are reported here for the first time.) In contrast, the reaction of 6 with HCl(g) in toluene/water yields Pt(COD)(Cl)(C7H10OH) (20). NB extrusion is observed in dry C6D6. Both processes occur in CD2Cl2 or CD3OD. Complex 20 also forms in the reaction of 2-platinaoxetane 1 with HCl(aq). Treatment of 6 with Br2 gives rapid elimination of norbornene oxide with formation of Pt(COD)Br2. H2O2(aq) and 6 give Pt(COD)(OH)(C7H10OH) (21), an OH analogue of 20.