Bidirectional transfer of phenyl and methyl groups between Pt(IV) and boron in platinum dipyridylborato complexes

Eugene Khaskin; Peter Y Zavalij; Andrei N Vedernikov

doi:10.1021/ja804222c

Bidirectional transfer of phenyl and methyl groups between Pt(IV) and boron in platinum dipyridylborato complexes

J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Aug 6;130(31):10088-9. doi: 10.1021/ja804222c. Epub 2008 Jul 12.

Authors

Eugene Khaskin¹, Peter Y Zavalij, Andrei N Vedernikov

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.

PMID: 18620397
DOI: 10.1021/ja804222c

Abstract

In the presence of weakly Lewis basic DMSO methyl group migration between B and PtIV in dipyridylborato trihydrocarbyl PtIV complexes is reversible; the preferred direction of Ph group migration in THF solution is from PtIV to B.