Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Abstract:
Reaction of the bis-alkenyl complex cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2CH2CH=CH2)2] with Grubbs 1st generation catalyst gives, in high yield, the metallacycloalkene cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2CH2CH=CHCH2CH2)], which can be hydrogenated to the metallacycloalkane cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(CH2)6].