ADDITION REACTIONS ON COORDINATED OLEFINIC LIGANDS .I. REACTIONS OF AMINES WITH DIENE COMPLEXES OF PLATINUM(2) AND PALLADIUM(2)

A new nucleophile addition reaction to dienes coordinated to platinum(II) or palladium(II) was studied. Ammonia and aliphatic primary and secondary amines reacted smoothly with the diene π complexes to give derivatives containing carbon-metal σ bonds. The behavior of 1,5-cyclooctadiene, norbornadiene, 1,5-hexadiene, and 4-vinylcyclohexene complexes was investigated. Structural assignments were made on the basis of degradative studies. Data on the stereochemistry of the addition were also obtained. © 1969, American Chemical Society. All rights reserved.