Reactivity of organoplatinum complexes containing appended alcohol functional groups: Activation of dioxygen and hydrogen peroxide

The hydroxyalkyl substituent in the platinum(II) complexes [PtMe2(RN=CH-2-C5H4N)], when R = CH2CH2OH or CH2CH2CH2OH, can play an important role in oxidative addition and in the activation of dioxygen.165