The
controlled reaction between [Pt2(DVTMS)3], where
DVTMS represents 1,3-divinyl-1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane,
and dialkylbiaryl phosphines (Buchwald ligands) 2-(di-tert-butylphosphino)biphenyl (JohnPhos, 1), 2-(dicyclohexylphosphino)biphenyl
(CyJohnPhos, 2), 2-di-tert-butylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl
(tBuXPhos, 3), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl
(XPhos, 4), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,6′-dimethoxybiphenyl
(SPhos, 5), 2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′-(N,N-dimethylamino)biphenyl (DavePhos, 6), and
2-dicyclohexylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-trimethoxybiphenyl
(MeOSPhos, 7) generates an efficient platinum catalyst
of type [Pt(DVTMS)(L)] (1a–7a), where
L represents the Buchwald ligand, applied for hydrosilylation of phenylacetylene
by diphenylsilane. The X-ray crystal structure analysis of the obtained
Pt catalysts showed the presence of specific Pt-aryl interactions
with the phenyl group of the dialkylbiarylphosphine ligand in complex 1a, while the same effect was not observed for the related
2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl substituted aromatic ring
in 3a. The evaluation of the steric parameters from X-ray
diffraction analysis (XRD) showed the increase of the steric hindrances
around the platinum atom improves the selectivity and the yield of
the β(E)-product.