Using phosphine ligands with a biological role to modulate reactivity in novel platinum complexes

Three platinum complexes with cis and trans configuration cis -[Pt(TCEP) 2 Cl 2 ], cis -[Pt(tmTCEP) 2 Cl 2 ] and trans -[Pt(TCEP) 2 Cl 2 ], where TCEP is tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine, have been synthesized and fully characterized by usual techniques including single-crystal X-ray diffraction for trans -[Pt(TCEP) 2 Cl 2 ] and cis -[Pt(tmTCEP) 2 Cl 2 ]. Here, we also report on an esterification process of TCEP, which takes place in the presence...