Platinum trigonal-bipyramidal

A review17 with 25 references of five-coordination in palladium(II) and platinum(II) chemistry is presented. The complexes have invariably a trigonal bipyramidal geometry with the bidentate ligand and the alkene in the equatorial plane. 

Zinc dithiocarbamates have been used for many years as antioxidants/antiabrasives in motor oils and as vulcanization accelerators in rubber. The crystal structure of bis[A, A-di- -propyldithio-carbamato]zinc shows identical coordination of the two zinc atoms by five sulfur donors in a trigonal-bipyramidal environment with a zinc-zinc distance of 3.786 A.5 5 The electrochemistry of a range of dialkylthiocarbamate zinc complexes was studied at platinum and mercury electrodes. An exchange reaction was observed with mercury of the electrode.556 Different structural types have been identified by variation of the nitrogen donor in the pyridine and N,N,N, N -tetra-methylenediamine adducts of bis[7V,7V-di- .vo-propyldithiocarbamato]zinc. The pyridine shows a 1 1 complex and the TMEDA gives an unusual bridging coordination mode.557 The anionic complexes of zinc tris( V, V-dialkyldithiocarbamates) can be synthesized and have been spectroscopically characterized.558... 

Intramolecular coordination site exchange reactions in square-planar platinum(II) complexes [Pt(tbte)Cl]+ of the potentially four-donor-atom tripodal ligand tris[2-(t-butyl-thio)ethyl]amine (tbte) N,S,S-bonded occur through a trigonal bipyramidal five-coordinate intermediate... 

Polynuclear platinum and palladium carbonyl clusters containing the bulky tri-ferf-butylphosphine ligand are inherently electron-deficient at the metal centers. The trigonal bipyramidal cluster [Pt3Re2(CO)6(P Bu3)3], as shown in Fig. 11.4.4(a), is electronically unsaturated with a deficit of 10 valence electrons, as it needs 72 valence electrons to satisfy an 18-electron configuration at... 

Any detailed description of the mechanism of an octahedral substitution must also account for the stereochemical changes that accompany reaction. Werner recognized this and made use of it in his discussions of the stereochemistry of reactions of cobalt(III) complexes. The available experimental results can be explained on the basis of possible molecular rearrangements and some cautious predictions can even be made. The base hydrolysis of cobalt III)ammines appears to be unique in that it often occurs with rearrangement it also affords the few known examples of optical inversion. These results can be explained by formation of a 5-coordinated species with a trigonal bipyramidal structure. Optically active metal complexes racemize by either an intramolecular or an in-termolecular process. Substitution reactions of platinum metal complexes often occur with retention of configuration. 

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