A novel fluorene-containing kappa(4)-P(2)N(2)-tetradentate platinum(II) complex

Mark R J Elsegood; Andrew J Lake; Martin B Smith

doi:10.1039/b816351k

A novel fluorene-containing kappa(4)-P(2)N(2)-tetradentate platinum(II) complex

Dalton Trans. 2009 Jan 7:(1):30-2. doi: 10.1039/b816351k. Epub 2008 Nov 17.

Authors

Mark R J Elsegood¹, Andrew J Lake, Martin B Smith

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UKLE11 3TU.

PMID: 19081967
DOI: 10.1039/b816351k

Abstract

Base induced P,N-chelation, C-C coupling and methylene C-H deprotonation affords an unusual fluorene containing square-planar Pt(II) complex Pt(kappa4-P2N2-Ph2PCH=NNCC12H8)2 which has been isolated and structurally characterised.