Platinum complexes optical reflectivity

The order of stabilities of the adducts was the same as that observed previously for additions of the hydrosilanes to complexes [14, 32c, 18], i.e., negative substituents such as alkoxy groups or chlorine atoms on silicon stabilize the adducts. Furthermore, rate measurements have indicated that the structure of hydrosilanes does not affect markedly the rate ( i) of the forward reaction (oxidative addition), but affects strongly the rate ( i) of the reverse reaction (reductive elimination). This latter fact, in addition to a possible dependence of the stability of metal-silicon bonds on metal species (c.g., rhodium vs, platinum) will be reflected in the catalysis by particular metal complexes, which is clearly shown in the following sections. Another approach has been to study the stereochemistry of an optically active... 

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