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Reactivity Of Dimethylplatinum (Ii) Complexes, Muhieddine A. Safa

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This thesis describes a study of dimethylplatinum(II) and dimethylplatinum(IV) complexes containing bidentate nitrogen donor ligands. This work deals with oxidative addition, and reductive elimination chemistry, and it focuses on synthesis, characterization, and reaction mechanisms in studies of these complexes.

The compound [PtMe₂(bpe)], bpe = 1,2-bis(2-pyridyl)ethane, is easily oxidized to give octahedral organoplatinum(IV) complexes and the subsequent chemistry is profoundly influenced by the accompanying strain induced in the 7-membered Pt(bpe) chelate ring. On reaction of [PtMe₂(bpe)] with HCl, the initial product [PtHClMe₂(bpe)] undergoes reductive elimination of methane to form [PtClMe(bpe)]. In contrast, methyl …