Stereochemistry of oxidative addition of methyl iodide and hydrogen peroxide to organoplatinum(II) complexes having an appended phenol group and the supramolecular chemistry of the platinum(IV) products

The oxidative addition chemistry of cycloneophylplatinum (II) complexes containing ligands with an appended phenol group is reported. The platinum (II) complexes [Pt (CH2CMe2C6H4) (L)] with L = 2-C6H4NCHN-2-C6H4OH (L1) or 2-C6H4NCH2–NH-n-C6H4OH (L2, n = 2; L3, n = 3; L4, n = 4) react with MeI or H2O2 to give the corresponding platinum (IV) complexes [PtIMe(CH2CMe2C6H4) (L)] or [Pt (OH)2(CH2CMe2C6H4) (L)], respectively. NMR studies indicate that...