The hydride-bridged A-frame complexes
[RPt(μ-H)(μ-dppm)2PtR‘]PF6
and [RPt(μ-H)(μ-dppm)2PdR‘]PF6 react with HCl
(generated by reaction of acetyl chloride with water) in
acetone-d
6 solution by cleavage of one of the
metal−carbon bonds. In the diplatinum systems
the relative rates of Pt−C bond cleavage decrease in the order Me >
Et > Ph, resulting in
a single product in each case. For the heterometallic complexes
reaction is faster at
palladium, but mixtures of
[RPt(μ-H)(μ-dppm)2PdCl]PF6
and
[ClPt(μ-H)(μ-dppm)2PdR‘]PF6
result in several instances. Further reaction of these with HCl
and/or CCl4 generates the
chloride-bridged species
[RPt(μ-Cl)(μ-dppm)2PdCl]PF6,
formed, in some cases, by migration
of the organic group from palladium to platinum. These complexes
have been prepared
also by reaction of
[PtR(dppm-PP)(dppm-P)]PF6
with [PdCl2(cod)]. The
[RPt(μ-Cl)(μ-dppm)2PdCl]PF6 complexes are fluxional at 298 K, although
the motion may be arrested slightly
below ambient temperature. A mechanism involving reversible bridge
opening is proposed
to account for the fluxional behavior.