oa Some New Aspects of the Photoreactions of Platinum Metals Complexes

Photochemical reactions of platinum metals complexes are of great importance in contributing to the understanding of the chemical reactivity and catalytic properties of platinum metals catalysts. This paper reviews some new aspects of this photochemistry and discusses potential applications in synthesising novel complexes and in exploiting platinum metals-containing catalysts. Among aspects examined are recent trends in the photochemistry of co-ordination compounds, particularly photointramolecular rearrangements, photoredox elimination and addition reactions, and the photoredox reactions of polynuclear complexes.