Arylation of palladium(II) and platinum(II) by diphenyliodonium triflate to form metal(IV) species, and a structural analysis of an isomer of PtIMe2Ph(bpy) (bpy=2,2’-bipyridine)

The first example of aryl transfer to palladium(II) with concomitant oxidation to palladium(IV) is reported, utilising the reaction of PdMe2(bpy) (bpy=2,2’-bipyridine) with [IPh2][O3SCF3], together with studies of an analogous platinum system and a structural analysis of trans-PtIMe2Ph(bpy) (bpy=2,2’-bipyridine).