Comproportionation of the platinum(0) complex
Pt(PMe3)4 with the platinum(II)
hexafluoroacetylacetonate
complexes Pt(hfac)2 or
[Pt(hfac)(PMe3)2][hfac]
yields diplatinum species of stoichiometry
[Pt2(μ-hfac)(PMe3)4][hfac], 1, and
[Pt2(PMe3)6][hfac]2,
2, respectively. The NMR spectra and X-ray crystal
structure of 1 show that
the two platinum centers are chemically inequivalent; one is a
square-planar platinum(II) center, and the other is
trigonal planar platinum(0) center. One of the hfac groups is
anionic while the other bridges between the two
platinum atoms. Each platinum center bears two PMe3
ligands, and the bridging hfac group is bound to one
platinum center in the usual fashion through its two oxygen atoms.
The bridging hfac group, however, is bound
to the other platinum center as an η2 alkene ligand via
its methine carbon and one of the two carbonyl carbons.
The two platinum atoms do not interact directly with one another
and are separated by 3.786(1) Å. The 1H
NMR
spectra of the hexakis(trimethylphosphine)diplatinum complex
2 are consistent with a structure in which the
two
platinum centers are connected by a Pt−Pt bond and the six
PMe3 groups complete two mutually
perpendicular
square-planar coordination environments. Treatment of
Pt(PMe3)4 with
[Pt(PMe3)4][hfac]2 in
tetrahydrofuran
gives the platinum(II) hydride
[PtH(PMe3)4][hfac], 3.
The 1H and 31P{1H}
NMR data of 3 are consistent with a
trigonal bipyramidal structure; the hydride ligand occupies an axial
position. The hydride ligand evidently arises
from adventitious water. Thermolysis of 1 and
2 under vacuum gives the platinum(II) methyl complex
[PtMe(PMe3)3][hfac] as a result of the
cleavage of one of the P−C bonds in the PMe3 ligands.
Crystal data for 1 at
−75 °C: triclinic, space group P1̄, a
= 9.848(2) Å, b = 12.079(3) Å, c
= 15.373(3) Å, α = 84.70(2)°, β =
78.57(2)°, γ = 80.30(2)°, V =
1763(7) Å3, Z = 2,
R
F
= 0.043,
R
w
F
= 0.044 for 400
variables and 3360 reflections
with I > 2.58 σ(I).