Abstract
The transmetalation reaction of the aryllithium compound [Li(NCN)]2 (NCN is the monoanionic "pincer" ligand [C6H3(CH2NMe2)2-2,6]-) with the cyclometalated arylplatinum complex [PtCl(NCN)] afforded the bisaryl platinum(II) complex [Pt(NCN)2] (3) containing one η3-N,C,N-terdentate and the other η1-C-monodentate-bonded pincer ligand. Spectroscopic analyses on 3 suggest that η3 to η1 interconversion of the ligand binding mode (or vice versa) is inhibited. Two independent X-ray structure determinations on crystals of 3 revealed the existence of a rare polymorph containing one and three crystallographically independent molecules, respectively, in the unit cell. A similar transmetalation reaction with lithium and platinum complexes containing heteroleptic NCNRR' ligands (NCNRR' is [C6H3(CH2NRR')-2,6]- with R = R' = Me or R = Me, R' = Et) pointed to the formation of a heterodinuclear cationic bisaryl platinum lithium species as an intermediate of a preequilibrium to the final transmetalation products, involving, rapid transcyclometalation (TCM) reactions. These TCM reactions comprise the exchange of the monoanionic NCNRR' ligands between the platinum(II) and lithium centers. A consequence of the latter properties is that the strong PtN bonds in [PtX(NCN)] complexes are considerably weakened by the presence of Li+ cations.Key words: transmetalation, transcyclometalation (TCM), platinum, bisaryl complex, polymorphism.
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