Pt II Complexes of Tridentate Amine Ligands

Submitted by GIULIANO ANNIBALE and BRUNO PITTERI Checked by MICHAEL H. WILSON and DAVID MCMILLIN  

Platinum(II) complexes containing the tridentate ligands diethylenetriamine (dien) and 2,2 6, 2 -terpyridine (terpy) have provided useful substrates for mechanistic studies in substitution reactions at planar four-coordinated complexes. Moreover, there has been considerable interest in terpy complexes 

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CHLORO(2,2 6, 2 -TERPYRIDINE)PLATINUM(II) CHLORIDE DIHYDRATE, [Pt(terpy)Cl]Cl 2H2O 

The synthesis of cisltrans-VtC 2 SMef)2 has been reported by Hill et al. ° and, apart from the time employed to dry the CH2CI2 solution with anhydrous MgS04, it takes about 1 h. 

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