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( Pt) Platinum NMR

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Platinum (Pt) has one medium sensitivity NMR spin-½ nucleus, 195Pt that yields narrow
signals over a very wide chemical shift range (fig. 1). Because platinum has such a wide
chemical shift range and 195Pt gives narrow signals, the slightest effect can be resolved as
in the spectrum in fig. 2 where replacing 35Cl with 37Cl gives extra signals. 195Platinum
NMR is mostly used for studying platinum complexes, their structure, conformation and
dynamics, and platinum binding in biological systems. Because platinum is widely used as
an industrial catalyst and in medicine, its chemistry and NMR has been widely studied.

Fig. 1. 195Pt-NMR spectrum of K2PtCl4 in D2O

 Fig. 2. Resolution enhanced 195Pt-NMR spectrum of K2PtCl4 in D2O showing
isotopomers

Each type of platinum its representative chemical shift range (fig. 3).

Fig. 3. Chemical shift ranges for platinum NMR

Platinum shows a wide variety of couplings with other nuclei, 1H, 13C, 15N, 31P, etc. Two-
bond couplings to protons are between 25 and 90 Hz. One-bond 195Pt-15N couplings are
in the region of 160 to 390 Hz. Couplings to 31P are around 1300 to 4000 Hz for one-
bond and 30 Hz for two-bond. The one-bond coupling to 77Se is between 80 and 250 Hz.
The platinum coupling to 119Sn is especially large and can be over 33000 Hz.
Homonuclear platinum couplings can also be observed.

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Properties of Pt
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Property Value

Spin 1/2

Natural abundance 33.832%

Chemical shift range 6700 ppm, from -6500 to 200

Frequency ratio (Ξ) 21.496784%

Reference compound 1.2 M Na2PtCl6 in D2O

Linewidth of reference 5.3 Hz

T1 of reference 0.4 s

Receptivity rel. to 1H at natural abundance 3.51 × 10-3

Receptivity rel. to 1H when enriched 0.0104

Receptivity rel. to 13C at natural abundance 20.7

Receptivity rel. to 13C when enriched 61.2

Safety note
Some of the materials mentioned here are very dangerous. Ask a qualified chemist for
advice before handling them. Qualified chemists should check the relevant safety
literature before handling or giving advice about unfamiliar substances. NMR solvents are
toxic and most are flammable. Specifically, platinum salts may cause allergies: wear
protective gloves.

References
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(1971).

S. M. Cohen and T. H. Brown, "Temperature dependence of platinum-195 nuclear resonance chemical shifts", J. Chem. Phys., 61, 2985-
2986 (1974).

L. P. Goggin, R. J. Goodfellow, S. R. Haddock, B. F. Taylor and I. R. H. Marshall, "The platinum-195 chemical shift in some platinum (0)
and platinum (II) complexes and its relationship to their structure", J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 459-467 (1976).

C. Brown, B. T. Heaton, P. Chini, A. Fumagalli and G. Longoni, "Stereochemical nonrigidity of a metal polyhedron; Fourier transform
platinum-195 nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of [Ptn(CO)2n]2- (n = 3,6, or 9)", J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Comm., 309-311 (1977).