Unprecedented C–H bond oxidative addition of the imidazolium cation to Pt0: a combined density functional analysis and experimental study

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Density functional studies predict that oxidative addition of an imidazolium salt to a Pt0 complex is an exothermic process, and consistent with this proposal, the reaction of the 1,3-dimethylimidazolium cation with Pt(PPh3)4 yields a hydrido–PtII carbene complex.