Acetylplatinum(II) complexes
trans-[Pt(COMe)Cl(L)
2] (L = PPh
3,
2a; P(4-FC
6H
4)
3,
2b) were foundto react with dialkyldisulfides R
2S
2 (R = Me, Et, Pr, Bu; Pr =
n-propyl, Bu =
n-butyl), yielding trinuclear 44cve (cluster valence electrons) platinum clusters [(PtL)
3(
-SR)
3]Cl (
4). The analogous reaction of
2a-
bwith Ph
2S
2 gave SPh bridged dinuclear complexes
trans-[{PtCl(L)}
2(
-SPh)
2] (
5), whereas the addition ofBn
2S
2 (Bn = benzyl) to
2a ended up in the formation of [{Pt(PPh
3)}
3(
3-S)(
-SBn)
3]Cl (
6). Theoretical studiesbased on the AIM theory revealed that type
4 complexes must be regarded as triangular platinum clusterswith Pt-Pt bonds whereas complex
6 must be treated as a sulfur capped 48 ve (valence electrons) trinuclearplatinum(II) complex without Pt-Pt bonding interactions. Phosphine ligands with a lower donor capabilityin clusters
4 proved to be subject to substitution by stronger donating monodentate phosphine ligands (L'= PMePh
2, PMe
2Ph, PBu
3) yielding clusters [(PtL')
3(
-SR)
3]Cl (
9). In case of the reaction of clusters
4 and
9 with PPh
2CH
2PPh
2 (dppm), a fragmentation reaction occurred, and the complexes [(PtL)
2(
-SMe)(
-dppm)]Cl (
12) and [Pt(
-SMe)
2(dppm)] (
13) were isolated. Furthermore, oxidation reactions of cluster [{Pt(PPh
3)}
3(
-SMe)
3]Cl (
4a) using halogens (Br
2, I
2) gave dimeric platinum(II) complexes
cis-[{PtX(PPh
3)}
2(
-SMe)
2] (
14, X = Br, I) whereas oxidation reactions using sulfur and selenium afforded chalcogen cappedtrinuclear 48 ve complexes [{Pt(PPh
3)}
3(
3-E)(
-SMe)
3] (
15, E = S, Se). All compounds were fullycharacterized by means of NMR and IR spectroscopy, microanalyses, and ESI mass spectrometry.Furthermore, X-ray diffraction analyses were performed for the triangular cluster
4a, the trinuclear complex
6, as well as for the dinuclear complexes
trans-[{Pt(AsPh
3)}
2(
-SPh)
2] (
5c), [{Pt(PPh
3)}
2(
-SMe)(
-dppm)]Cl (
12a), and [{{PtBr(PPh
3)}
2(
-SMe)
2] (
14a).