Solvent-Dependent Reactivity and Photochemistry of Dinuclear and Mononuclear Platinum(IV) Azido Triazaolato Complexes.

Reaction between the platinum(IV) azido complex ,-[Pt(py)(N)(OH)] () and 1,4-diphenyl-2-butyne-1,4-dione in MeCN produces the intermediate peroxide-bridged dimeric platinum(IV) azido triazolato species (), which has been characterised by X-ray crystallography. However, if the reaction between and is conducted in MeOH it results in decomposition. Over time in MeCN, dimer () converts into mononuclear complexes ,-[Pt(py)(N)(triazole)(OH)] (/), which are in dynamic exchange.

A novel Pt(iv) mono azido mono triazolato complex evolves azidyl radicals following irradiation with visible light.

The platinum(iv) azido complex trans,trans,trans-[PtIV(N3)2(OH)2(py)2] (1) undergoes cycloaddition with 1,4-diphenyl-2-butyne-1,4-dione (2) under mild, catalyst-free conditions, affording a number of mono and bis click products. The major mono click product (3) exists in MeCN as an equilibrium mixture between two species; 3a and 3b rapidly interconvert through nucleophilic attack of the axial Pt-OH group at the adjacent Ph-CO group. The kinetic and thermodynamic parameters for this interconversion have been measured by selective saturation-transfer NMR spectroscopic experiments and are consistent with cyclisation at the Pt centre.