C-H activation of imidazolium salts by Pt(0) at ambient temperature: synthesis of hydrido platinum bis(carbene) compounds

Marcel A Duin; Nicolas D Clement; Kingsley J Cavell; Cornelis J Elsevier

doi:10.1039/b211235c

C-H activation of imidazolium salts by Pt(0) at ambient temperature: synthesis of hydrido platinum bis(carbene) compounds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2003 Feb 7:(3):400-1. doi: 10.1039/b211235c.

Authors

Marcel A Duin¹, Nicolas D Clement, Kingsley J Cavell, Cornelis J Elsevier

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Molecular Chemistry, Organometallic and Coordination Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 12613632
DOI: 10.1039/b211235c

Abstract

A zerovalent platinum(carbene) complex with two monoalkene ligands, which is able to activate C-H bonds of imidazolium salts at room temperature to yield isolable hydrido platinum(II) bis(carbene) compounds, has been synthesised for the first time.