The skeleton of carbon suboxide remains intact on reaction with two platinum complexes. With (PPh3)2Pt(C2H4) the metallacyclopropane (1) is formed; with (PPh3)2Pt(O2) the dioxametallacyclopentane (2).
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Paiaro et al. (1981) studied this question.
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