Dinuclear platina-β-diketones [Pt2{(COR)2H}2(μ-Cl)2] (R = Me (1a), Et (1b)) react with
phosphines (PPh3, Ph2P(CH2)
n
PPh2, n = 1−3) and triphenylarsine to form acylplatinum(II)
complexes as well as acetaldehyde and propionaldehyde, respectively. Reaction of 1 with 4
equiv of PPh3 and AsPh3 leads to trans-[PtCl(COR)L2] (L = PPh3 (4), AsPh3 (5); R = Me (a),
Et (b)). Reaction of 1a with PPh3 in a 1:2 molar ratio results in formation of carbonyl(methyl)platinum complexes [PtCl(Me)(CO)(PPh3)] (11). Cationic A-frame complexes [Pt2(COR)2(μ-Cl)(μ-dppm)2]Cl (R = Me (6a), Et (6b)) were formed in reactions of 1 with 2 equiv of
Ph2PCH2PPh2 (dppm). Treatment of 1a with Ph2P(CH2)2PPh2 (dppe) and Ph2P(CH2)3PPh2
(dppp) yields complexes [PtCl(COMe){Ph2P(CH2)
n
PPh2}] (n = 2 (7), 3 (8)). However, at low
temperatures (−30 °C) reactions of 1a with dppe and dppp afford mononuclear cationic
platina-β-diketones [Pt{(COMe)2H}(Ph2P(CH2)
n
PPh2)]Cl (n = 2 (9a), 3 (10)). The reaction
of [Pt2{(COMe)2H}2(μ-Cl)2] (1a) with pyridine (py) or quinoline (quin) results in cleavage of
the Pt−Cl−Pt bridges, yielding mononuclear neutral platina-β-diketones [PtCl{(COMe)2H}L]
(L = py (13a), quin (13b)). In the solid state complex 13b reveals a nonplanar arrangement
of the platina-β-diketone unit with a strong hydrogen bond (O···O 2.419(8) Å). From all these
findings the mechanism of the aldehyde formation in the reactions of platina-β-diketones 1
with L (PPh3, AsPh3) and LL (dppm, dppe, dppp) is deduced.