Facile base-free addition of methanol to PtII-activated nitriles. X-ray structure of a platinum(II) complex bearing unsymmetrical N-bound urea

► The nitrile-methanol coupling at a PtII center. ► Facile base-free generation of metal-bound imino esters. ► X-ray structure of a platinum(II) complex bearing unsymmetrical N-bound urea.