V. Defelice et al., SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF THE 1ST COORDINATIVELY SATURATED ALKYL CARBONYL COMPLEX OF THE PLATINUM-GROUP, Gazzetta chimica italiana, 124(2), 1994, pp. 117-119
A coordinatively saturated methyl platinum(II) complex (1) including c
arbon monoxide in the coordination sphere is described. X-Ray analysis
discloses an undistorted trigonal bipyramidal (TBP) geometry with the
carbonyl group in equatorial position. An insertion reaction yielding
a carbonyl/acetyl derivative is observed upon treatment of the produc
t with CO under fairly mild conditions.