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RECENTLY, Chopoorian, Lewis and Nyholm1 have indicated that the triphenylphosphine complexes of platinum(0) described by Malatesta and Cariello2 are hydrides [PtH2(PPh3)n] (n = 2, 3 or 4), and question the existence of any platinum(0) complexes. Some years ago we prepared a compound [Pt(Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2)2]. We have now examined it very carefully andconclude that it is indeed a complex of zero-valent platinum.
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Chopoorian, J. A., Lewis, J., and Nyholm, R. S., Nature, 190, 528 (1961).
Malatesta, L., and Cariello, Miss C., J. Chem. Soc., 2323 (1958).
Chatt, J., and Watson, H. R., Nature, 189, 1003 (1961).
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CHATT, J., ROWE, G. Complex Compounds of Zero-valent Platinum. Nature 191, 1191 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/1911191a0
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