Three new types of platinum(II) oxo complexes-[(1,5-COD)Pt(
3-O)(AuL)]
2(BF
4)
2 [
1, L = PPh
3, PPh
2Et, PPh
2-
i-Pr, P(
o-tol)
3, P(
p-tol)
3, P(
p-MeOC
6H
4)
3, P(
p-CF
3C
6H
4)
3], [(1,5-COD)Pt{
3-O(AuL)
2}
2](BF
4)
2 (
2), and [(1,5-COD)
4Pt
4(
3-O)
2Cl
2]X
2 (
3, X = BF
4;
3a, X = CF
3SO
3)-are obtained from oxo/chloro exchange reactions between(1,5-COD)PtCl
2 and [(LAu)
3(
3-O)]BF
4. Crystals of
1 (L = PPh
3) from CDCl
3 are triclinic,
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
, with (-100
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C)
a = 9.187(4) Å,
b = 12.149(3) Å,
c = 17.680(6) Å,
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= 99.58(2)
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,
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= 102.86(2)
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,
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= 111.63(2)
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,
V =1720(1) Å
3, and
Z = 1. Crystals of
3a from CH
2Cl
2/toluene are trigonal,
P3
121, with
a = 11.8878(4) Å,
c =29.3193(15) Å,
V = 3588.3(3) Å
3, and
Z = 3. The structure of the cationic portion of
1 shows a planar (COD)Pt(
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-O)
2Pt(COD) unit with slightly out-of-plane LAu
+ groups linearly coordinated to the oxo ligands. The structureof the cationic portion of
3a is similar and shows a slightly folded (COD)Pt(
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-O)
2Pt(COD) unit with out-of-plane[(COD)PtCl]
+ groups coordinated to the oxo ligands. Solutions of
3 in untreated CH
2Cl
2 or CD
2Cl
2 depositcrystals of [(1,5-COD)
4Pt
4(
3-O)
2(
2-OH)](BF
4)
3 (
4) which are monoclinic,
P2
1/
n, with
a = 18.624(4) Å,
b =14.760(2) Å,
c = 15.584(5) Å,
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= 95.538(12)
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,
V = 4264(2) Å
3, and
Z = 4. The core structure of the cationicportion of
4 shows a tetranuclear platinum cation in which the metal atoms occupy the corners of a distortedtetrahedron and two
3-oxo ligands and one
2-hydroxo ligand bridge the four platinum atoms. Reaction of
1 (L= PPh
3) with PPh
3 gives OPPh
3 and [(Ph
3P)
3PtAuPPh
3]BF
4 (
5) which is also obtained from (Ph
3P)
4Pt and Ph
3PAuBF
4. Crystals of
5 from THF are monoclinic,
P2
1/
c, with
a = 20.426(6) Å,
b = 13.4980(11) Å,
c = 24.703(9) Å,
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= 97.166(15)
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,
V = 6758(3) Å
3, and
Z = 4. The structure of
5 consists of an L
3Pt-AuL cation wherethe Au atom is linear 2-coordinate and the Pt atom is distorted square-planar 4-coordinate.