“…As presented in Figure , diphenic acid analogs were first deprotonated using KO t -Bu to give potassium [1,1′-biphenyl]-2,2′-dicarboxylate in quantitative yields in THF at room temperature, and Pt- 1 complexes were prepared from K 2 PtCl 4 and corresponding diamines in high yields from 80% to 93% . The ligand exchange between Pt- 1 complexes and [1,1′-biphenyl]-2,2′-dicarboxylate occurred when they were mixed in ddH 2 O in the presence of AgNO 3 , delivering the desired new Pt- 2 in 66% to 94% yield . It is worth noting that the Pt- 2 complexes with different functional groups, including cyclobutyl (Pt- 2a ), trifluoromethyl (Pt- 2b ), the thiophene group (Pt- 2c ), and the diamine ligands ranging from cyclohexane-1,2-diamine (Pt- 2a ∼ c ) to ethane-1,2-diamine (Pt- 2d ), benzene-1,2-diamine (Pt- 2e ), and ammonium (Pt- 2f ) were adopted to prepare Pt(II) agents.…”