Re(III) complexes in the synthesis of platinum acetate complexes and the structure of [PPh3Pt(OAc)2]2

Reaction of tetrachlorodiacetatodirhenium dihydrate with triphenylphosphineplatinum (II) triacetatoargentate(I) produces a new binuclear platinum complex with acetate bridges, bis(²-acetato)acetatotriphenylphosphine]diplatinum(II). The new complex is characterized by x-ray structural analysis, IR, and PMR spectroscopies. The Re(III) complex in this reaction is not only the source of chloride ions, which are necessary for precipitation of silver, and the acetate acceptor, but also the silver(I) reductant which is oxidized during the reaction to Re(IV).Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1894–1899, August, 1989.