Cluster synthesis. 38. Formation of high-nuclearity platinum-osmium cluster complexes. Synthesis, structural characterizations, and interrelationships of Pt[sub 4]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 22](COD), Pt[sub 5]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 21](COD)[sub 2], Pt[sub 4]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 19](COD)[sub 2], and Pt[sub 7]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 21](COD)[sub 2] (COD = cycloocta-1,5-diene)

The chemistry of heteronuclear cluster complexes containing Pt has attracted a great deal of interest becasue of the importance of Pt alloys to the process of catalytic petroleum reforming. Three new high-nuclearity Pt-Os carbonyl cluster complexes Pt[sub 4]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 22](COD) (2), Pt[sub 5]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 21](COD)[sub 2] (3), and Pt[sub 4]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 19](COD)[sub 2] (4) were obtained in 17%, 13%, and 9% yields, respectively, from the pyrolysis of Pt[sub 2]Os[sub 3](CO)[sub 10](COD)[sub 2] (1) under a CO atmosphere at 128C. Compounds 2-4 were characterized by IR, [sup 1]H NMR, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analyses. Compound 2 consists of two Pt[sub 3]Os[sub 3] octahedra sharing a Pt[sub 3] triangular face. A Pt(COD) group caps one of the Os[sub 3] triangular faces. Compound 3 is structurally similar to compound 2 but has an additional Pt(COD) group capping one of the PtOs[sub 2] triangular faces. The cluster of compound 4 can be viewed as a meta-bicapped Pt[sub 2]Os[sub 4] octahedron with an additional Pt(COD) group capping a PtOs[sub 2] traingle to one of the capping groups on the octahedron and a Pt(COD) group bridging the Pt-Pt edge of the octahedron. Compound 2 was converted to 4 in 65% yield, when it was irradiated in the presence of COD. When compound 2 was treated with 1 equiv of trimethylamine N-oxide and 2 equiv of Pt(COD)[sub 2], compound 3 and a new higher nuclearity platinum-osmium carbonyl complex Pt[sub 7]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 21](COD)[sub 2] (5; 8% yeild) were obtained. Compound 5 was characterized by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis. It was formed by the loss of one CO from 2 and the addition of three Pt atoms and one COD ligand. Compound 2 was converted to the known compound Pt[sub 4]Os[sub 6](CO)[sub 21](COD)([mu]-H)[sub 2] in good yield (79%) by reacting with trimethylamine N-oxide and hydrogen.