Chemistry Letters, Vol.37, No.5, 542-543, 2008
Electrophilic substitution of platinum(II) complexes with thiophene derivatives
The reaction of aryl(halo)platinum(II)(bpy) complexes with thiophene derivatives causes novel electrophilic substitution in the presence of AgNO3/KF as an activator to form thienyl complexes in 65-91% yields. The related reaction with (dihalo)-platinum(II) also takes place to afford dithienylplatinum(II) complexes.