Speciation of Platinum(IV) in Nitric Acid Solutions

The speciation of platinum(IV) ions in nitric acid (6–15.8 M) solutions of H2[Pt(OH)6] has been studied by 195Pt NMR and Raman spectroscopy. Series of aqua-hydroxo-nitrato complexes [Pt(L) x (NO3)6–x ] (L = H2O or OH–; x = 0, ..., 6) were found to exist in such solutions. The pair additivity model of chemical shifts and statistical theory were used to assign signals in NMR spectra to particular [Pt(L) x (NO3)6–x ] species. Mononuclear hexanitratoplatinates(IV) have been isolated in solid state in substantial yield as pyridinium salt (PyH)2[Pt(NO3)6] and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Aging of the platinum nitric acid solutions for more than 5–6 h results in oligomerization of [Pt(L) x (NO3)6–x ] species and the formation of oligonuclear aqua-hydroxo-nitrato complexes with OH– and NO3 – bridging ligands. Oligomeric platinum(IV) complexes with two and four nuclei were unambiguously detected by NMR on 195Pt -enriched samples. Oligomers with even higher nuclearity were also detected. Dimeric anions [Pt2(μ-OH)2(NO3)8]2– have been isolated as single crystals of tetramethylammonium salt and characterized by X-ray diffraction.