Treatment of 1-P
iPr
2-2-NMe
2-indene (
1a[H]) with either
cis/
trans-(SMe
2)
2PtCl
2 or PtCl
2provided (
2-
P,N-2-NMe
2-3-P
iPr
2-indene)PtCl
2 (
2) in 84% and 55% yield, respectively, whilethe reaction of
1a[H] with (
4-COD)PtClMe af
forded (
2-
P,N-2-NMe
2-3-P
iPr
2-indene)PtClMe(
3) in 91% yield. Whereas in the formation of
2 and
3 the ligand precursor
1a[H] undergoesa rearrangement to give a coordinated 2-NMe
2-3-P
iPr
2-indene (
1b[H]) ligand,
1a[H] reactedcleanly with 0.5 equiv of [(
-SMe
2)PtMe
2]
2 to give (
2-
P,
N-
1a[H])PtMe
2 (
4a) in 97% yield.The isomerization of
4a to (
2-
P,
N-
1b[H])PtMe
2 (
4b) in a THF/
iPrOH mixture is rapid andallowed for the isolation of
4b in 99% yield. Heating of
4a in CH
2Cl
2 resulted in thequantitative formation of
3, while the thermolysis of
4a in toluene in the presence of SMe
2af
forded
5, the apparent product of intramolecular C-H activation of an NMe group. Thereactivity of
4a with a variety of other two-electron donors, as well as E-H-containingsubstrates (E = main group fragment), is reported. Although NMR spectroscopic evidenceindicated the formation of an intermediate of the type (
2-
P,
N-
1[H])Pt(SnPh
3)(Me), as wellas Ph
6Sn
2, in the reaction of
4a with 10 equiv of Ph
3SnH, negligible conversion of Ph
3SnHto Ph
6Sn
2 was obtained when employing 1 mol %
4a as a catalyst. Single-crystal X-raydiffraction data for
2 and
5 are reported.