Formation of a [2 + 2]-heterotetranuclear macrocycle from reaction of a platina-homoditopic ligand with iron(II)

Edwin C Constable; Catherine E Housecroft; Markus Neuburger; Sylvia Schaffner; Ellen J Shardlow

doi:10.1039/b416621c

Formation of a [2 + 2]-heterotetranuclear macrocycle from reaction of a platina-homoditopic ligand with iron(II)

Dalton Trans. 2005 Jan 21:(2):234-5. doi: 10.1039/b416621c. Epub 2004 Dec 3.

Authors

Edwin C Constable¹, Catherine E Housecroft, Markus Neuburger, Sylvia Schaffner, Ellen J Shardlow

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, Spitalstrasse 51, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland.

PMID: 15616709
DOI: 10.1039/b416621c

Abstract

Reaction of 4'-(2-propyn-1-oxy)-2,2':6',2''-terpyridine (HC triple bond CCH2Oterpy) with trans-[PtI2(PEt3)2] regioselectively metallates the alkyne to give trans-[Pt(C triple bond CCH2Oterpy)2(PEt3)2] which, when treated with Fe(II), gives a [2 + 2]-metallocycle.