Self-replication of tris (cyanoethyl) phosphine catalysed by platinum group metal complexes

PG Pringle, MB Smith

Index: Costa, Emiliana; Pringle, Paul G.; Smith, Martin B.; Worboys, Kerry Journal of the Chemical Society - Dalton Transactions, 1997 , # 22 p. 4277 - 4282

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Abstract

The platinum (0) complex [Pt (tcep) 3], tcep= P (CH2CH2CN) 3, catalyses the formation of tcep from PH3 and CH2CHCN. The complexes [M (tcep) 3](M= Pt, Pd or Ni) and [MCl (tcep) 3](M= Rh or Ir) are compared for their catalysis of the reaction of PH (CH2CH2CN) 2 with CH2CHCN to give tcep and it is shown that the platinum (0) complex is the most efficient. The platinum (0) catalysis has been studied in detail, monitoring the kinetics by 31P-{1H} ...