Organoplatinum(IV) complexes with functional alkyl groups and their use in supramolecular chemistry

The oxidative addition of alkyl bromides RCH2Br (R = C5H4N, C6H4CN, CH2C6H4CO2H, or CH2C6H4CH2CO2H) to dimethylplatinum(II) complexes [PtMe2(LL)] (LL = diimine ligand) gives the corresponding organoplatinum(IV) complexes [PtBrMe2(CH2R)(LL)] containing functionality in the alkyl group RCH2. The pyridyl derivatives can be protonated, while abstraction of the bromide ligand from [PtBrMe2(CH2R)(LL)] can form cationic complexes, which can react with water or form oligomers by self-assembly.