Visible light driven generation and alkyne insertion reactions of stable bis-cyclometalated Pt(iv) hydrides

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Hydride complexes resulting from the oxidative addition of C-H bonds are intermediates in hydrocarbon activation and functionalization reactions. The discovery of metal systems that enable their direct formation through photoexcitation with visible light could lead to advantageous synthetic methodologies. In this study, easily accessible dimers [Pt2(μ-Cl)2(C^N)2] (C^N = cyclometalated 2-arylpyridine) are demonstrated as a very convenient source of Pt(C^N) subunits, which promote photooxidative C-H addition reactions with different 2-arylpyridines (N′^C′H) upon irradiation with blue light. The resulting [PtH(Cl)(C^N)(C′^N′)] complexes are the first isolable Pt(iv) hydrides arising from a cyclometalation reaction. A transcyclometalation process involving three photochemical steps is elucidated, which occurs when the C^N ligand is a monocyclometalated 2,6-diarylpyridine, and a detailed analysis of the photoreactivity associated with the Pt(C^N) moiety is provided. Alkyne insertions into the Pt-H bond of a photogenerated Pt(iv) hydride are also reported as a demonstration of the ability of this class of compounds to undergo subsequent organometallic reactions.

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Poveda, D., Vivancos, Á., Bautista, D., & González-Herrero, P. (2020). Visible light driven generation and alkyne insertion reactions of stable bis-cyclometalated Pt(iv) hydrides. Chemical Science, 11(44), 12095–12102. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0sc04879h

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