- Potassium tetrachloroplatinate
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IUPACName = Potassium tetrachloroplatinate(II)
OtherNames = Potassium tetrachloroplatinate Potassium Chloroplatinite
Potassium tetrachloridoplatinate
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CASNo = 10025-99-7
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Formula = Cl4K2Pt
MolarMass = 415.09
Appearance = reddish solid
Density = 3.38 g/cm3
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Solubility = 0.93 g/100 mL (16 °C) 5.3/100 mL (100 °C)
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Autoignition =Potassium tetrachloroplatinate(II) is the
chemical compound with the formula K2PtCl4. This reddish pink-coloredsalt is an importantreagent for the preparation of other coordination complexes ofplatinum . It consists ofpotassium cation s and thesquare planar dianion PtCl42-. Related salts are also known including K2PtCl4, which is brown-colored and soluble in alcohols, and quaternary ammonium salts, which are soluble in a broader range of organic solvents.Preparation
Potassium tetrachloroplatinate is prepared by reduction of the corresponding hexachloroplatinate salt with
hydrazine .cite journal | author = Keller, R. N.; Moeller, T. | title = Potassium Tetrachloroplatinate(II) | journal =Inorg. Synth. | year = 1963 | volume = 7 | pages = 247-250 | doi = 10.1002/9780470132333.ch79] K2PtCl6 is one of the salts that is most easily obtained from platinumore s. The complex is appreciably soluble only in water. Treatment with alcohols, especially in the presence of base, causes reduction to platinum metal. Conversion to organic salts, such as[ PPN ] 2PtCl4 are soluble in chlorocarbons. [cite journal | author = Elding, L. I.; Oskarsson, A.; Kukushkin, V. Yu | title = Platinum Complexes Suitable as Precursors for Synthesis in Nonaqueous Solvents | journal =Inorg. Synth. | year = 1997 | volume = 31 | pages = 276-279 | doi = 10.1002/9780470132623.ch47]Reactions
The chloride ligands on [PtCl4] 2- are displaced by many other
ligand s to afford derivatives::PtCl42− + 2 PPh3 → "cis"-PtCl2(PPh3)2 + 2 Cl−The anti-cancer drugCisplatin can similarly be prepared::PtCl42− + 2 NH3 → "cis"-PtCl2(NH3)2 + 2 Cl−Dithiolates displace all four chloride ligands to give bis(dithiolene ) complexes. [Scott D. Cummings, Richard Eisenberg "Acid-Base Behavior of the Ground and Excited States of Platinum(II) Complexes of Quinoxaline-2,3-dithiolate" Inorganic Chemistry 1995, vol. 34, p 3396-3403.] Reduction gives colloidal platinum of potential interest in for catalysis. [Ahmadi, T. S. "Science" volume 272, page 1924ff (1996)]References
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