%0 Generic %A Theophanous, Fanitsa A. %A Tasiopoulos, Anastasios J. %A Nicolaides, Athanassios %A Zhou, Xin %A T. G. Johnson, William %A Borden, Weston Thatcher %D 2006 %T Evidence for the Formation of the (Ph3P)2Pt Complex of 3,7-Dimethyltricyclo[3.3.0.03,7]oct-1(5)-ene, the Most Highly Pyramidalized Alkene in a Homologous Series. Isolation and X-ray Structure of the Product of the Ethanol Addition to the Complex %U https://acs.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Evidence_for_the_Formation_of_the_Ph_sub_3_sub_P_sub_2_sub_Pt_Complex_of_3_7_Dimethyltricyclo_3_3_0_0_sup_3_7_sup_oct_1_5_ene_the_Most_Highly_Pyramidalized_Alkene_in_a_Homologous_Series_Isolation_and_X_ray_Structure_of_the_Product_of_the_Ethanol_Addition_/3072562 %R 10.1021/ol060994j.s001 %2 https://acs.figshare.com/ndownloader/files/4778341 %K Pt %K Ph 3P complexes %K Ph 3P %K pyramidalized %K THF %K Ph 3P Complex %K bond %X Attempts to isolate the (Ph3P)2Pt complex of the highly pyramidalized olefin 3,7-dimethyltricyclo[3.3.0.03,7]oct-1(5)-ene 2 by generation of 2 in the presence of (Ph3P)2PtC2H4, followed by crystallization of the complex (2-Pt) from THF−ethanol, resulted in the isolation of the adduct of 2-Pt with ethanol (5). Calculations confirm that addition of alcohol across the C1−C5 bond is more favorable in 2-Pt than in the corresponding (Ph3P)2Pt complexes of less pyramidalized olefins, despite the stronger Pt−C bonds in 2-Pt. %I ACS Publications