Sintesi, reattività, chiralità in complessi di Pt(II)

My PhD thesis concerns basically the synthesis and reactivity of organometallic platinum(II) complexes with pyridine and bipyridine ligands. These complexes are very interesting due to their applications in many fields: catalysis, biology and farmacology, photophysic and photochemistry. Chirality of several complexes with 2-R-pyridines, S-(-)-nicotine and 1,2-bis(2-pyridil)benzene has been carefully taken into account. Concerning bipyridine complexes, reactivity with carbon monoxide and phosphines (triphenilphosphine and tricycloesilphosphine) has been investigated, leading to substitution and insertion products.Finally an interesting complex of platinum(II) with bulky phosphines has been synthesised. The reaction of this compound with molecular hydrogen results in a heterolytic splitting of H2 molecule.