Synthesis, spectroscopic and thermal studies on platinum(II) complexes of 5-nitrosouracil derivatives

Three complexes were obtained during reactions of 6-amino-1-methyl-5-nitrosouracil, 6-methylamino-1-methyl-5-nitrosouracil and 6-methylamino-1-benzyl-5-nitrosouracil with K2PtCl4. The complexes were isolated in good yields as powdery precipitates and characterized through elemental analysis, infrared and H-1 NMR spectroscopies, and thermal analysis. The pyrimidine bases easily substitute chloro ligands as a neutral monodentate ligand form. The exocyclic oxygen atoms are the probable binding sites rather than ring or exocyclic nitrogen atoms. trans Square planar structures were proposed in all cases.