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A series of isocyanide complexes has been prepared of which [PtCl2(PhNC)(PEt3)] is typical: this complex reacts with ethanol to give a crystalline compound, shown by an X-ray structure determination to be a complex of ethoxy(phenylamino)carbene.
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Badley et al. (1969) studied this question.