Diphenyliodine(III) triflate is able to transfer Ph
+ to Pd(II) and Pt(II) with cleavage of aphenyl-iodine bond and for
mation of
metal(IV) species, leading to the first identified transferof Ph
+ to Pd(II) fro
m an aryl-halogen bond, and, for platinu
m, a
methodology providing afacile route to di
methyl(aryl)platinu
m(IV) and 1,4-arenediyl-bridged Pt(IV) species and thefirst archetypal triarylplatinu
m(IV) co
mplex. Thus, [IPh
2][OTf] reacts with PtMe
2(bpy) (bpy= 2,2'-bipyridine) at -50
mages/entities/deg.gif">C to for
m iodobenzene and the Pt(IV) co
mplex
trans-Pt
IV(OTf)Me
2Ph(N~N) (
1b) (Ph trans to OTf), and on addition of NaI, the species PtIMe
2Ph(bpy) (
2a (Phcis to I) and
2b (Ph trans to I) in 2:1 ratio)
may be isolated at -20
mages/entities/deg.gif">C. Si
milarly,
metalla(II)cyclopentane co
mplexes M(C
4H
8)(bpy) react with [IPh
2][OTf] to for
m trans-Pt(OTf)(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
3b) and a 1:1 ratio of
cis- (
4a) and
trans-Pd(OTf)(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
4b); addition ofhalide ion gives
trans-PtI(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
5b) and a 1:3 ratio of cis and trans iso
mers forPdI(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
6a,
6b) and PdCl(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
7a,
7b). Co
mplex
5b iso
merizes to for
ma 2:1
mixture of
cis-PtI(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
5a) and
5b at a
mbient te
mperature in acetone.Di
methyl(2,2'-bipyridine)palladiu
m(II) reacts with [IPh
2][OTf] to for
m Pd(OTf)Me
2Ph(bpy),followed by transfer of a
methyl group fro
m Pd(IV) to Pd(II), to for
m tri
methylpalladiu
m(IV) species. Di
methyl(2,2'-bipyridine)platinu
m(II) reacts with [IPh(C
6H
4-4-I)][OTf], followedby addition of sodiu
m iodide, to for
m a 1:1
mixture of
trans-PtIMe
2Ph(bpy) (
2b) and
trans-PtIMe
2(C
6H
4-4-I)(bpy) (
8b), and with [IPh(C
6H
4-4-IPh)][OTf]
2 to for
m the 1,4-arenediylco
mplex
trans-1,4-{PtIMe
2(bpy)}
2C
6H
4 (
9b). Diphenyl{di(
tert-butyl)-2,2'-bipyridine}platinu
m(II) reacts with [IPh
2][OTf] at 25
mages/entities/deg.gif">C over 2 days to for
m the triphenylplatinu
m(IV) co
mplexPt(OTf)Ph
3(Bu
t2bpy) (
10), and addition of iodide ion results in isolation of PtIPh
3(Bu
t2bpy)(
11). Structural studies of
trans-PtIMe
2Ph(bpy) (
2b) and
trans-Pt(C
4H
8)Ph(bpy) (
5b) revealdistorted octahedral geo
metry and the
fac-PtC
3 configuration expected for all of the
metal(IV) co
mplexes. The co
mpound [IPh(C
6H
4-4-I)][OTf] has two sets of cation-anion pairs witha co
mplex array of weak interactions, and the cations have C-I-C angles close to 90
mages/entities/deg.gif">.