DECARBONYLATION OF ACYLCHLOROBIS-(TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE) PLATINUM(II) COMPLEXES PROMOTED BY TIN(II) CHLORIDE

Abstract

While it might be expected that the availability of vacant coordination sites in the four coordinate acyl complexes trans[Pt(PPh₃)₂ (RCO)Cl] provides low energy pathways for alkyl and aryl migration and subsequent decarbonylation, the decarbonylation has been previously achieved only at elevated temperatures. The addition of SnCl₂ greatly facilitates decarbonylation of [Pt(PPh₃)₂ (RCO)Cl] where R is CH₃, C₂ H₅, Y[sbnd]C₆ H₄. Compounds of the type [Pt(PPh₃)₂ (RCO)SnCl₃] and [Pt(PPh₃)₂ R(SnCl₃)] have been isolated. The removal of SnCl₂ from these compounds has been achieved with ethanol. A kinetic study of the decarbonylation of [Pt(PPh₃)₂ (RCO)SnCl₃] (where R is CH₃, C₂ H₅, Y[sbnd]C₆ H₄ for Y=H, CH₃, CH₃ O, NO₂, Cl) is reported. The role of 3 and 5 coordinate intermediates in alkyl-aryl migrations in Pt(II) systems is discussed.