Reaction between [NBu
4][Pt(C
6F
5)
3(dppm-
1P)]
and cis-[M(C
6X
5)
2(thf)
2] (M = Pt, Pd; X = F, Cl; thf =tetrahydrofuran) leads to dinuclear derivatives with dppm lig
ands bridging two metal centers: [NBu
4][(C
6F
5)
3Pt{
-Ph
2PCH
2PPh(
2-Ph)}M(C
6X
5)
2] [X = F, M = Pt (
1), M = Pd (
2); X = Cl, M = Pt (
3), M = Pd (
4)]. Thestructural characterization of complex
1 by single-crystal X-ray diffraction (orthorhombic system, space group
Fdd2, with
a = 26.520(7) Å,
b = 83.69(3) Å,
c = 13.835(5) Å,
V = 30706(11) Å
3,
and Z = 16) reveals twosquare-planar platinum(II) fragments sharing a dppm lig
and with a
2-phenyl-platinum interaction between aphenyl ring of the dppm lig
and and one platinum center. This weak
2-phenyl-platinum interaction can be easilydisplaced by addition of lig
ands such as CO (giving complex
5), PPh
3 (
6), or
p-toluidine (
7). The structure of
5was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group
Pn, with
a = 12.259(2) Å,
b = 16.375(3) Å,
c = 18.851(4) Å,
= 100.99(3)
,
V = 3714.8 Å
3,
and Z = 2. The complexconsists of two square-planar platinum(II) fragments with the dppm lig
and acting as a conventional bridge.