The terminal hydride in the Pt
IPt
IPt
II triangulo cluster Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(H)(CO)
2 (
1) may beremoved by one-electron oxidants such as [Cp
2Fe]PF
6. Under carbon monoxide the reactionaffords the symmetrical, cationic derivative [Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(CO)
3]PF
6 (
2). By operating withan excess of the suitable ligand, we also prepared [Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(CO)
2(NCCH
3)]PF
6 (
3) and[Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(CO)
2(CH
2=CH
2)]PF
6 (
4). New neutral triangular precursors were obtained bysubstitution of the CO ligands contained in
1 with isocyanides. The hydrides Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(H)(CNR)
2 (
5, R = CH
2Ph;
6, R = C
6H
4-
p-CH
3;
7, R = Bu
t) were isolated by this route. Complex
7 reacts with chloroform to give Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(Cl)(CNBu
t)
2 (
8), which, under an excess ofCNBu
t, yields the cationic derivative [Pt
3(
-PBu
t2)
3(CNBu
t)
3]Cl (
9). The new triangulo clusterswere characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy and, as far as
4 and
7 are concerned,by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.