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Photochemistry and charge transfer chemistry of the platinum group elements

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6218925
The research program focuses on the photochemistry and photophysics of dithiolate complexes of the platinum group elements. The specific systems under investigation are square planar complexes of Pt(2) containing one dithiolate chelate and two other ligands to complete the coordination sphere. Several members of the target series of compounds have been synthesized and found to exhibit luminescence in fluid solution. These initial complexes, shown as 1 and 2, possessed a diimine ligand such as bipyridine (bpy), o-phenanthroline (phen) or an alkyl substituted derivative in addition to the dithiolate chelate. For 1 the dithiolate was maleonitriledi-thiolate (mnt) and for 2 it was ethyl-2-cyano-3, 3-dithiolatoacrylate (ecda). Complexes 1 and 2 were observed to be highly solvatochromic, and the emission spectra of selected members gave evidence of multiple emitting states.
Research Organization:
Rochester Univ., NY (USA)
Sponsoring Organization:
DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-90ER14125
OSTI ID:
6218925
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/14125-1; ON: DE91009153
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English