Amz. Slawin et al., A NOVEL MNOP(3) METALLACYCLE - CRYSTAL AND MOLECULAR-STRUCTURE OF CIS-[PTCL2(PH(2)POP(PH)(2)NPPH(2)-P,P')], Polyhedron, 16(9), 1997, pp. 1563-1566
Thermolysis of cis-[PtCl2{Ph(2)PNHP(O)Ph(2)-P}(2)] (1) in refluxing xy
lene gives cis-[PtCl2{Ph(2)POP(Ph)(2)NPPh(2)-P,P'}] (2) containing the
first example of an MNOP(3) metallacycle. Compound 2 has been charact
erized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy (H-1, P-31-{H-1} and Pt-195-{H
-1}), IR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography. The related palladium
(II) complex cis-[PdCl2{Ph(2)POP(Ph)(2)NPPh(2)-P,P'}] (3) was similarl
y prepared. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.