Pa. Chaloner et al., SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLATINUM(0) COMPLEXES OF PROPENOATES - X-RAY-DIFFRACTION STUDY OF [PT(CH2=CHCO(2)CH(2)PH)(PPH(3))(2)], Journal of organometallic chemistry, 527(1-2), 1997, pp. 145-154
Reaction of [Pt(C2H4)(PPh(3))(2)] with propenoate or 2-methylpropenoat
e esters gave the complexes [Pt(propenoate)(PPh(3))(2)] in good yield.
These have been characterised by H-1, C-13, P-31 and Pt-195 NMR spect
roscopy. The complex of benzyl propenoate has been characterised in a
diffraction study. Reaction of the complexes produced with tricyclohex
ylphosphine, PCy(3), gave [Pt(propenoate)(PCy(3))(PPh(3))]. The propen
oate complexes were shown to be more stable than those of the 2-methyl
propenoates.