Donnan Laboratories, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3BX Great Britain;Chemistry Department, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Great Britain;Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London Canada N6A 5B7
Abstract:
The complex Pt2Me2(μ-H)(μ-dppm)2]PF6] (I, dppm = Ph2PCH2PPh2) has been prepared and characterised by 1H and 31P NMR spectroscopy and by a full molecular structure determination by X-ray methods. The complex undergoes only slow reductive elimination of methane induced by added tertiary phosphine at 70°C.