Platinum complexes insertion reactions

Another unusual behavior of NHC TM complex was recently reported by Nolan et al. and involves the insertion of an NHC into a platinum-olefin bond. In the course of preparation of new NHC-containing platinum complexes by reaction of equimolar amounts of [(l,5-hexadiene)PtCl2] and free NHC, the substitution product (286) in which one coordinated double bond was substituted by an NHC was isolated in good yield (Scheme 48). A by-product was also... 

Additional work on alkyl platinum reactions has been completed which mostly supports the generality of these observed insertion reactions. Treichel and Wagner 153) have varied the choice of phosphine ligand utilizing the complexes Pt(phos)2(CH3)X (phos = PEtj, X = Br, I and phos = PPhMe2, X = I) both ionic intermediate and inserted products were obtained. 

Insertion reactions of platinum(II) alkyl and aryl complexes (144, 153, 171), nucleophilic displacement of isocyanide from [Pt(PRj)2(CNCH3)2] (147) and additions of alcohols and related substances to isocyanides bonded to platinum (8, 9, 25, 33, 34, 100, 117) were discussed earlier. 

Reactions of carbon subsulphide and of elementary phosphorus, sulphur and selenium with complexes of the platinum metals Sulphur dioxide insertion reactions of transition metal alkyls and related complexes... 

Silyl(pinacol)borane (88) also adds to terminal alkenes in the presence of a coordinate unsaturated platinum complex (Scheme 1-31) [132]. The reaction selectively provides 1,2-adducts (97) for vinylarenes, but aliphatic alkenes are accompanied by some 1,1-adducts (98). The formation of two products can be rationalized by the mechanism proceeding through the insertion of alkene into the B-Pt bond giving 99 or 100. The reductive elimination of 97 occurs very smoothly, but a fast P-hydride elimination from the secondary alkyl-platinum species (100) leads to isomerization to the terminal carbon. 

Working with polymethyl methacrylate, Sirdesai and Wilkie (36) have shown that certain phosphine-platinum complexes undergo oxidative insertion reactions and thus catalyze crosslinking leading to flame retardance. This catalyst is expensive and not particularly efficient, but serves as a lead. 

In relation to the mechanistic proposal, an interesting reactivity of (boryl)(silyl)platinum(n) complex has been reported.223 The complex is prepared by the reaction of silylborane with Pt(cod)2 complex via oxidative addition (Scheme 46). The (boryl)(silyl)platinum complex undergoes insertion of alkynes at the B-Pt bond to give (/3-borylalkenyl)(silyl)platinum(n) complex in high yield. Importantly, the insertion takes place regioselectively, with Pt-G bond formation at the internal. -carbon atom. This result may indicate that the boron-transition metal bond is more prone to undergo insertion of unsaturated molecules. 

Insertion and migration refer to the process in which an unsaturated molecule inserts to a metal-anion bond. The two ways of describing this elementary step have been depicted in Figure 2.2 and 2.3 In the platinum complex shown an acetyl fragment is formed from a co-ordinated CO and a methyl group, both attached to platinum. Clearly, the two reacting groups should occupy positions cis to one another, otherwise the reaction cannot occur [1]. 

We discussed this catalysis recently (141st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, March 1962) in terms of an olefin insertion reaction involving a Pt(II) olefin complex (3). We found that catalysis was only accomplished by platinum compounds capable of coordinating olefins. For example, substitution by tertiary phosphines blocks coordination by olefins and greatly reduces the catalytic activity of Pt(II). The substitution by phosphines does not affect the ability of the complexes to cleave the Si—H bond, however. The hindering of a catalytic reaction by blocking coordination sites is a common occurrence and is, I think, a persuasive... 

Platinum-diphosphine complexes in [C4CiIm][PPg] have been studied via ip NMR [67,68]. Here, the insertion reaction of SnClj into the Pt-Cl bond of PtCljCbdpp) was observed, as well as the formation of an additional cationic complex. The structure of the catalyst could be elucidated via characteristic Jpp and Jpt p coupling constants. 

For both the dipalladium and palladium-platinum complexes the metal-metal bond is unusually reactive and a number of small molecules undergo an insertion reaction with (9) to give (10 equation 8). The corresponding sulfide-bridged dipalladium dimer can be prepared from the reaction of S8 or MeCHCH2S with (9).83 A mixed rhodium-palladium dimer can also be prepared from (9) (see Scheme 6).84... 

Attempt to prepare Jt-complexes of triafulvenes and related methylene cyclopro-parenes285,427 428 directly by ligand exchange reaction with transition metal complexes resulted in metal insertion into the sigma bond, forming metallacyclic complexes. Thus reaction of the electron-poor triafulvene l,2-diphenyl-3-dicyanomethylenecyclopropene with (ethylene)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum in refluxing benzene gave two crystalline products whose platinacyclobutene structure was confirmed by X-ray structure analysis (equation 364)429. 

Many of the recent efforts in this area of chemistry have been designed to explore the chemistry of the trifluoromethyl species prepared by these reactions. Among the more interesting results have been the construction of carbene and tetramethylcyclobutadiene ligands affixed to trifluoromethyl platinum cations (78), the synthesis of difluoro-carbene complexes like (Cp)Mo(CO)3CF2+ (79), the formation of (CF3)2CS from CF3Re(CO)5 (38), and the insertion reaction of S02 into CF3-metal bonds (80). 

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