Conversion of acetonitrile into acetamide in the co-ordination spheres of cis- and trans-MII(amine)2 (M = Pt or Pd). Solution and crystal structural studies

Andrea Erxleben, Iipo Mutikainen, Bernhard Lippert

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Abstract

The preparation and solution behaviour of mono- and bis-acetonitrile complexes of cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2], [Pt(en)Cl2] (en = ethane-1,2-diamine) and trans-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2] has been investigated. The nitrile complexes are hydrolysed to acetamidate, acetamidate-bridged and mixed acetamidate-acetonitrile species. It is shown that an essential feature of monomeric acetamidate complexes with cis configuration is their tendency to dimerize to dinuclear platinum compounds having bridging amidate ligands. The resulting dinners undergoa facile head-to-tail to head-to-head rearrangement without any detectable intermediate. Solution studies of the mononitrile complex trans-[Pt(NH3)2(MeCN)(OH)]+ at around neutral pH reveal the formation of trans-[Pt(NH3)2(MeCN)(NHCOMe)]+, suggesting a preceding ligand exchange. The reactions of platinum with MeCN are compared with those of the kinetically labile palladium. The nitrile complex cis-[Pt(NH3)2(MeCN)Cl]ClO4 and the mixed-ligand complex trans-[Pt(NH3)2(MeCN)(NHCOMe)]ClO4 were characterized by X-ray crystallography: cis-[Pt(NH3)2-(MeCN)Cl]ClO4, monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 10.618(10), b = 10.625(8), c = 9.176(7) Å, β = 111.20(6)°, Z = 4; trans-[Pt(NH3)2(MeCN)(NHCOMe)]ClO4, monoclinic, space group P21/c, a = 8.601 (6), b = 19.508(19), c = 7.625(4) Å, β = 11 5.29(5)°, Z = 4.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3667-3675
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the Chemical Society, Dalton Transactions
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1994
Externally publishedYes

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