Fp. Fanizzi et al., INTRAMOLECULAR NUCLEOPHILIC-ADDITION OF THE OXYGEN OF A NITRO LIGAND ONTO THE CIS OLEFIN IN CATIONIC COMPLEXES OF PLATINUM(II), Journal of the Chemical Society. Dalton transactions, (6), 1994, pp. 949-950
Among cationic complexes of platinum(II), [Pt(olefin)(NO2)(tmen)][ClO4
] (olefin = ethene 1b, propene 2b, E-but-2-ene 3b, Z-but-2-ene 4b; tme
n = N,N,N',N'-tetramethylethylenediamine), complexes 2b and 3b have gi
ven evidence for the formation of an intramolecular metallacycle resul
ting from nucleophilic attack of one oxygen of the nitro ligand on the
cis olefin which changes from an eta2- to sigma-co-ordination mode.