Reactivity comparison of five-and six-membered cyclometalated platinum(<scp>ii</scp>) complexes in oxidative addition reactions

Fatemeh Raoof, Maryam Boostanizadeh, Ahmad R. Esmaeilbeig, S. Masoud Nabavizadeh, Reza Babadi Aghakhanpour, Kamran B. Ghiassi, Marilyn M. Olmstead, Alan L. Balch

RSC Advances · 2015 · 25 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

A six-membered cyclometalated complex [PtMe(bzpy)(PPh<sub>3</sub>)] (bzpy = 2-benzylpyridinate) undergoes oxidative addition with methyl iodide to give [PtMe<sub>2</sub>I(bzpy)(PPh<sub>3</sub>)]. The ring size of the chelating unit has a significant impact on the rate of the reaction.

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