Synthesis of Neutral Molecular Squares Composed of Bis(phosphine)platinum Corner Units and Dialkynyl Linkers. Solid-State Characterization of [Pt(μ-C⋮CC⋮C)(dppp)]4

Mesfin Janka, Gordon K. Anderson, Nigam Rath

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Abstract

<div class="line" id="line-11"> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> Coupling of dichloroplatinum complexes with ethyne or butadiyne, catalyzed by CuI in the presence of Et </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> NH, leads to complexes of the types [Pt(C&vellip;CH) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] (L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;= dppe (1), dppp (2); L = PEt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;(3)) and [Pt(C&vellip;CC&vellip;CH) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] (L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;= dppp (4), dcpe (5); L = PEt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;(6)). Attempts to produce tetraplatinum species with ethynyl edges proved unsuccessful, but further coupling of the butadiynylplatinum complexes with [PtCl </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] produces the neutral molecular squares [Pt(&mu;-C&vellip;CC&vellip;C) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 4 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;(L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;= dppp (7), dcpe (8); L = PEt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;(9)). This two-step approach allows the synthesis of the unsymmetrical complexes [Pt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> (&mu;-C&vellip;CC&vellip;C) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> (PEt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] (L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;= dppp (10); dcpe (11)). The molecular structure of&nbsp;7&nbsp;reveals that each square has a puckered, butterfly-like structure. These pack in a face-to-face manner, generating series of channels that accommodate several solvent molecules. Coupling of&nbsp; </span> <i style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> trans </i> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> -[Pt(C&vellip;CC&vellip;C) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> (PEt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] (6b) with [PtCl </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> ] (L </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;= dcpe, dppp) leads to complexes assigned as neutral octaplatinum derivatives. The nitrogen-containing complexes [Pt(C&vellip;CC </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 5 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> H </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 4 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> N) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> (dppp)] (14) and [Pt(C&vellip;CC </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 6 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> H </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 4 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> CN) </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 2 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> (dppp)] (15) react with AgNO </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 3 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;to produce Pt </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 4 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> Ag </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12.75px;"> 4 </span> <span style="background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 17px;"> &nbsp;adducts. </span></div>
Original languageAmerican English
JournalOrganometallics
Volume23
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 18 2004

Keywords

  • Cations
  • Ligands
  • Molecular structure
  • Molecules
  • Platinum

Disciplines

  • Life Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry

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