Platinum(II) complexes containing the 3,3-dimethylglutarimidate ligand

Reaction of cis-PtCl₂(PPh₃)₂] with excess 3,3-dimethylglutarimide (dmgH) and sodium chloride in refluxing methanol gives the mono-imidate complex cis-PtCl(dmg)(PPh₃)₂], which was structurally characterized. The plane of the imidate ligand is approximately perpendicular to the platinum coordination plane which, coupled with restricted rotation about the Pt–N bond, results in inequivalent methyl groups and CH₂ protons of the dmg ligand in the room temperature ¹H NMR spectrum. These observations were corroborated by a theoretical study using density functional theory methods. The analogous bromide complex cis-PtBr(dmg)(PPh₃)₂] can be prepared by replacing NaCl with NaBr in the reaction mixture.