posted on 2016-02-18, 16:17authored byMiriam
A. Bowring, Robert G. Bergman, T. Don Tilley
The
dicationic Pt complex [(<sup><i>t</i></sup>Bu<sub>2</sub>bpy)Pt](NTf<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>·<sup>1</sup>/<sub>2</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>6</sub> (<sup><i>t</i></sup>Bu<sub>2</sub>bpy = 4,4′-di-<i>tert</i>-butyl-2,2′-bipyridine,
NTf<sub>2</sub><sup>–</sup> = N(SO<sub>2</sub>CF<sub>3</sub>)<sub>2</sub><sup>–</sup>) has been isolated and characterized.
The new complex is supported by a simple bidentate bipyridine ligand
and weakly coordinating, easily displaced triflimidate counterions.
The Pt salt is competent for allylic C–H activation in aprotic,
nonpolar media.