Abstract
New platinum complexes based on incorporation of the bidentate, monoanionic 2-(2‘-pyridyl)indolide (PyInd) ligand, or two closely related ligands, have been prepared. Reaction of the dimethyl complex K[(PyInd)PtMe2] (K[2a]) in benzene at 150 °C produces the diphenyl species K[(PyInd)PtPh2] (K[3a]), a transformation that appears to proceed via direct oxidative addition of benzene to the 16-electon Pt(II) center. Complex K[2a] also undergoes oxidative addition of Me3SiOTf (OTf = triflate) to give (PyInd)Pt(SiMe3)Me2 (4), a rare five-coordinate Pt(IV)-silyl species. Additionally, reactions that involve stereoselective formation of products of the type (PyInd)Pt(X)(L), including the structurally characterized complexes (PyInd)Pt(Ph)(MeCN) (6) and (PyInd)Pt(Cl)(C2H4) (7), have been observed. These results indicate that the sites trans to the pyridinyl and indolyl fragments of the PyInd ligand are electronically differentiated. Studies of catalytic reactions that presumably proceed via the 14-electron fragment ...
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