Unprecedented carbon–carbon bond formation induced by photoactivation of a platinum(iv)-diazido complex

Abstract

UVA-induced photodecomposition of a Pt^IV-diazido complex involves not only reduction to Pt^II and N₂ release, but also O₂ evolution and formation of nitrene intermediates, whose trapping with (CH₃)₂S gives rise to an unusual N,N′-bis(ethyl)sulfurousdiamide ligand in an apparently unprecedented process involving C–C bond formation.