Mutual Placement of Isocyanide and Phosphine Ligands in Platinum(II) Complexes [PtHalLL] (Hal = Cl, Br, I; L,L = CNCy, PPh) Leads to Highly-Efficient Photocatalysts for Hydrosilylation of Alkynes.

A series of platinum complexes featuring phosphine and isocyanide ligands [PtX(PPh)(CNCy)] (X = Cl, Br, and I) as well as their parent phosphine [PtX(PPh)] and isocyanide [PtX(CNCy)] analogues have been prepared and evaluated as catalysts for the photocatalytic hydrosilylation of alkynes. Under violet light irradiation (λ = 400 nm), phosphine-isocyanides complexes [PtX(PPh)(CNCy)] gave high yields of silylated products (product yield up to 99%, TONs up to 1.98 × 10).