Reaction of the trinuclear Pt
III-Pt
III-Pt
II [(C
6F
5)
2Pt
III(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt
III(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt(C
6F
5)
2] (
2) derivative with NBu
4Br orNBu
4I results in the formation of the trinuclear Pt
II complexes [NBu
4][(PPh
2C
6F
5)(C
6F
5)Pt(
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-PPh
2)(
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-X)Pt(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt(C
6F
5)
2] [X = I (
3), Br (
4)] through an intramolecular PPh
2/C
6F
5 reductive coupling and the formation of thephosphine PPh
2C
6F
5. The trinuclear Pt
II complex [(PPh
2C
6F
5)(C
6F
5)Pt(
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-PPh
2)Pt(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt(C
6F
5)
2] (
5), which displaystwo Pt-Pt bonds, can be obtained either by halide abstraction in
4 or by refluxing of
2 in CH
2Cl
2. This latterprocess also implies an intramolecular PPh
2/C
6F
5 reductive coupling. Treatment of complex
5 with several ligands(Br
-, H
-, and CO) results in the incorporation of the ligand to the cluster and elimination of one (X = H
-) or both(X = Br
-, CO) Pt-Pt bonds, forming the trinuclear complexes [NBu
4][(PPh
2C
6F
5)(C
6F
5)Pt(
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-PPh
2)(
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-X)Pt(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt(C
6F
5)
2] [X = Br (
6), H (
7)] or [(PPh
2C
6F
5)(C
6F
5)Pt(
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-PPh
2)
2Pt(
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-PPh
2)(CO)Pt(C
6F
5)
2(CO)] (
8). The structures ofthe complexes have been established on the basis of
1H,
19F, and
31P NMR data, and the X-ray structures of thecomplexes
2,
3,
5, and
7 have been established. The chemical relationship between the different complexes hasalso been studied.