Treatment of
L-[Co(
L-cys-
N,
S)(en)
2]
+ (
L-H
2cys =
L-cysteine) with[PtCl
4]
2- in water, followed by the addition of acid, gave anS-bridged Co
III2Pt
II trinuclear complex ([
1]
4+), which was reversiblyconverted to its deprotonated complex ([
2]
2+) in an aqueoussolution. While [
1]
4+ formed only a trans isomer, [
2]
2+ existed asa mixture of trans and cis isomers. The selective formation of acis isomer was achieved by treatment of [
1]
4+ or [
2]
2+ with phthalicacid in water, which afforded a unique Co
III4Pt
II2 hexanuclearcomplex ([
3]
4+). Complex [
3]
4+ was reverted back to [
1]
4+ bytreatment with aqueous HCl, accompanied by the complete cis-to-trans conversion.