Platinum(II) complexes with a dipyridyl-benzimidazolylidene ligand: synthesis and structure of a diplatinamacrocycle featuring intramolecular Pt(II)···Pt(II) and π–π interactions
摘要
A novel NHC-mercury(II) transmetallating reagent [Hg(L)2][BF4]2 (3), obtained from the proligand L·HBF4 (1), lead upon reaction with [Pt(Cl)2(cod)] to a novel platinum(II) diplatinamacrocycle of molecular formulae {[Pt(Cl)(L)][BF4]}2 (4) which structure was ascertained by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. Oxidative addition of the C-H bond of the benzimidazolium moiety of the proligand L·HBF4 (1) to [Pt(PPh3)4] occurs upon heating. As a result, a mononuclear platinum(II) hydride complex formulated as trans-[Pt(H)(L)(PPh3)2]BF4 (5) could be characterized but the hydride ligand proved easy to hydrolyse.