Synthesis and characterization of new platinum(II) phosphinate complexes

The syntheses of platinum(II) complexes of bis(dimethylphosphinylmethylene)amine and bis(aminomethyl)phosphinic acid were investigated. In the case of bis(dimethyl-phosphinylmethylene)amine the reaction with K₂[PtCl₄] yields the potassium amino-trichloroplatinate K[PtCl₃L] (L?=?bis(dimethylphosphinylmethylene)amine), which was characterized by multinuclear (¹H, ¹³C, ³¹P, and ¹⁹⁵Pt) NMR spectroscopy in solution. Bis(aminomethyl)phosphinic acid reacts with K₂[PtCl₄] under strictly controlled pH conditions to give colorless crystals of the cisplatin analog K[PtCl₂L′] (L′?=?bis(aminomethyl)phosphinate). This complex was characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy in solution as well as by single-crystal X-ray diffraction in the solid state. The bis(aminomethyl)phosphinate coordinates to platinum via both amino functions, thus acting as a chelating ligand.