Reactions of cis-[Pt(sulfoxide)2Cl2] with silver salts and synthesis of hydroxo-bridged platinum(II) complexes with sulfoxides

Platinum(II) compounds of the type cis-[Pt(L)2X2] where L = tetramethylenesulfoxide (TMSO), ethylmethylsulfoxide (EMSO), di-n-propylsulfoxide (DPSO), benzylmethylsulfoxide (BMSO), and dibenzylsulfoxide (DBSO) and X = Cl− and I− have been synthesized. The reactions of these compounds with a silver salt were studied in aqueous solution. Monomers of the type cis-[Pt(L)2(ClO4)2] (L = TMSO, EMSO, and DBSO), cis-[Pt(EMSO)2(SO4)] and hydroxy-bridged oligomers were isolated. Dimers, cis-[Pt(L)2(OH)]2(NO3)2 (L = TMSO, DPSO), and cis-[Pt(EMSO)2(OH)]2SO4 and possibly a trimer (cis-[Pt(EMSO)2(OH)]3)2(SO4)3 were characterized. The compounds were studied by infrared spectroscopy and by 1H nmr.