Thermodynamic control of oxidative addition and reductive elimination processes in cis-bis(dimethoxyboryl)-bis(tricyclohexylphosphine)platinum(II)

cis-[(Cy3P)(2)Pt{B(OMe)(2)}(2)] (1) was obtained in quantitative yield and fully characterised. The thermal stability of 1 was investigated in solution using multinuclear NMR spectroscopy revealing a hitherto unknown temperature-dependent equilibrium between 1 and the corresponding starting materials [Pt(PCy3)(2)] and free B-2(OMe)(4).