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

cis-[(Cy3P)2Pt{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 B2(OMe)4.