The platinum(II) hydroxo complexes,
[L2Pt(μ-OH)]2(BF4)2
(1), have been prepared from the reaction of
L2PtCl2
with AgBF4 for L2 = dppm, dppp, dppb,
2PMe2Ph, and
Bu
t
2bpy (dppm =
bis(diphenylphosphino)methane, dppe
= bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane, dppp =
bis(diphenylphosphino)propane, dppb =
bis(diphenylphosphino)butane,
Bu
t
2bpy =
4,4‘-di-tert-butyl-2,2‘-bipyridine). The
trifluoroacetate (L2 = dppp) and the nitrate
(L2 =
Bu
t
2bpy)
salts were also prepared. Two of these new hydroxo complexes, as
well as the previously known PPh3 complex,
were structurally characterized. Crystals of
[(PPh3)2Pt(μ-OH)]2(BF4)2
from CH2Cl2/ether are monoclinic
(C2/m)
with a = 17.183(5) Å, b =
18.243(4) Å, c = 13.539(4) Å, β =
130.66(2)°, and Z = 2. Crystals of
[(dppm)Pt(μ-OH)]2(BF4)2·2DMF
from DMF/Et2O are monoclinic
(P21/n) with a =
17.193(6) Å, b = 9.341(5) Å, c
=
18.666(7) Å, β = 98.73(2)°, and Z = 2.
Crystals of
[(dppb)Pt(μ-OH)]2(BF4)2·4MeOH
from MeOH/Et2O are
triclinic (P1̄) with a = 12.547(13)
Å, b = 12.858(14) Å, c =
13.039(20) Å, α = 62.89(11)°, β =
63.05(11)°, γ
= 60.87(12)°, and Z = 1. The structures of
the binuclear dications are all similar, having planar
P2Pt(μ-OH)2PtP2
cores with pseudo-D
2
h
symmetry. For all but the dppm complex, addition of 2 equiv of
LiN(SiMe3)2 results in
deprotonation of the hydroxo groups and formation of the oxo complexes
[L2Pt(μ-O)]2. The isolated
oxo complexes
are associated with one (L = PPh3) or two (L =
PMe2Ph; L2 = dppe, dppp, dppb,
Bu
t
2bpy) LiX units (X =
BF4
or CF3CO2) by interaction of the oxo
ligands with the Li cations. The structure of
[(PPh3)2Pt(μ-O)]2·LiBF4
(2)
was determined. Crystals of
2·0.5C7H8 from toluene are
monoclinic (C2/c), with (173 K) a =
20.469(8) Å, b =
18.085(9) Å, c = 18.152(8) Å, β =
90.34(6)°, and Z = 4. The structure consists
of two edge-shared square
planar Pt atoms folded at the edge with cis-phosphines and bridging
oxygen atoms. The bridging oxo oxygen
atoms are coordinated to the Li cation of a LiBF4 contact
ion pair. Two fluorine atoms of the BF4 ion
also
coordinate to the Li cation, resulting in a flattened tetrahedral
environment about the Li cation. The oxo complex
[(PMe2Ph)2Pt(μ-O)]2·(LiBF4)2
is unstable in solution and converts to the μ3-oxo
complex
[(L2Pt)3(μ3-O)2](BF4)2
(5) (L = PMe2Ph). Crystals of
5 from THF are orthorhombic (Pbna), with (173 K)
a = 16.792(4) Å, b =
17.710(5) Å, c = 19.648(6) Å, and Z
= 4. The core structure of the dication consists of a
dioxo-bicapped Pt3
triangle. Deprotonation of the dppm hydroxo complex 1
(L2 = dppm) occurs at the dppm methylene group
and
not at the hydroxo group. The resulting neutral hydroxo complex
[(dppm-H)Pt(μ-OH)]2 (6) (dppm-H
= bis(diphenylphosphino)methanide) is further deprotonated in THF at the
OH group, giving the structurally characterized
anionic oxo complex
[(dppm-H)Pt(μ-O)]2[Li(THF)2]2
(7). Crystals of 7·4THF from THF are
monoclinic (P21/c), with (173 K) a = 10.534(2) Å,
b = 21.016(2) Å, c = 18.402(4) Å,
β = 103.41(1)°, and Z = 2. The
structure
has a planar core with the deprotonation of t...