Issue 2, 2003

Factors controlling the relative stabilities of cis- and trans-[PtX2L2] isomers: Chatt and Wilkins—50 years on

Abstract

DFT computations reveal that cis-trans preferences in [PtX2(PR3)2] species are due to a combination of electrostatics, π-backbonding, antisymbiosis, and solvation effects.

Graphical abstract: Factors controlling the relative stabilities of cis- and trans-[PtX2L2] isomers: Chatt and Wilkins—50 years on

Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Nov 2002
Accepted
10 Dec 2002
First published
20 Dec 2002

Chem. Commun., 2003, 278-279

Factors controlling the relative stabilities of cis- and trans-[PtX2L2] isomers: Chatt and Wilkins—50 years on

J. N. Harvey, K. M. Heslop, A. G. Orpen and P. G. Pringle, Chem. Commun., 2003, 278 DOI: 10.1039/B210939E

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