Cycloaddition Reactions of Terminal Alkynes and Phosphaalkynes with an Isolable 5-Coordinate β-Diiminate Platinum(IV) Dihydrosilyl Complex

Abstract

Combining (Cl-nacnac)Pt(H)(1-pentene) (Cl-nacnac = N-p-Cl-phenyl-β-diiminate) and HSiR3 (SiR3 = SiPh3, SiEt3, SiHPh2) leads to rapid displacement of 1-pentene; oxidative addition of the Si−H bond produces a stable 5-coordinate Pt(IV) silyl dihydride complex which has been isolated and characterized crystallographically. The 5-coordinate silyl dihydride platinum(IV) complex undergoes a cycloaddition reaction with either acetylene or phosphaalkyne to form a vinyl or phosphaalkenyl Pt(IV) product, respectively. One acetylenic carbon adds to the central methine carbon of the Cl-nacnac ligand and the other alkyne carbon or phosphorus coordinates to the vacant site of the d6 metal. Phosphaalkynes are polarized such that the carbon is at the negative end of the dipole; however we observe a final product that reflects a reversal of this normal polarity. The phosphorus is nucleophilic even after the cycloaddition reaction is complete, and its lone pair can be methylated by MeOTf (OTf = trifluoromethanesulfonate) or protonated by addition of HBF4·Et2O.