Facile methyl group transfer from Pt II to gallium and indium.
Ramadoss GovindarajanPavan K VardhanapuRobert R FayzullinEugene KhaskinJulia R KhusnutdinovaPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2024)
Facile transmetalation is observed from a d 8 metal, platinum(II), to indium and gallium leading to the extrusion of methylated gallate and indate anions representing a rare case of the "reverse" transmetalation from a d 8 metal to a main group metal. The Pt-Ga and Pt-In bonding in the bimetallic complexes was analyzed through bosonic and fermionic potentials, QTAIM, and NBO.