TRIS(2,6-DIFLUOROPHENYL)PHOSPHITE COMPLEXES OF PLATINUM-GROUP METALS - STRUCTURE OF TRANS-PTCL2(PET(3))(P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3))

The reactions between the fluorine-containing ligand tris(2,6-difluoro phenyl)phosphite and the transition metal species [{eta(6)-1,4-CH3C6H4 CH(CH3)(2)} RuCl2](2), [CpRhCl2](2), [RhCl(CO)(2)](2), [PtCl2(PEt(3)) ](2) and PtCl2 yield the complexes {eta(6)-1,4-CH3C6H4CH(CH3)(2)} RuCl 2{P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)}, CpRhCl2{P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)}, trans-RhCl(CO {P( O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)}(2), trans-PtCl2 (PEt(3)) {PO-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)} and tra ns-PtCl2{P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)}(2), respectively. The molecular structure of trans-PtCl2(PEt(3)) {P(O-2,6-C6H3F2)(3)} has been determined by si ngle-crystal X-ray crystallography.