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The oxidation reaction in X-irradiated bis(ethylenediamine)platinum(II) bis(hydrogen squarate): A single-crystal EPR study of a platinum(III) complex

Journal Article · · Inorganic Chemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ic00050a025· OSTI ID:6826669
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  1. Universite de Geneve (Switzerland)
  2. Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse (France)
  3. Universite de Geneve (Switzerland) Universite Claude Bernard, Villeurbanne (France)
  4. Universite Claude Bernard, Villeurbanne (France)

A large single crystal of bis(ethylenediamine)platinum bis(hydrogen squarate) ([Pt(en)[sub 2]](HSq)[sub 2]), has been X-irradiated at 77 K and studied by EPR. The g and [sup 195]Pt hyperfine tensors obtained from the angular dependence of the spectrum are consistent with the trapping of a Pt(III) complex containing the unpaired electron in a d[sub z[sup 2]] orbital. Comparison of the orientations of the eigenvectors with those of the crystallographic interatomic vectors together with the predictions of X[alpha] calculations on the model complex [Pt(NH[sub 3])[sub 4](OH)[sub 2]][sup +] leads to a mechanism whereby a radiogenic radical, formed by homolytic scission of the hydrogen squarate hydroxyl, oxidizes the Pt(en)[sub 2] dication and yields [Pt(en)[sub 2](Sq)](HSq).

OSTI ID:
6826669
Journal Information:
Inorganic Chemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Inorganic Chemistry; (United States) Vol. 31:24; ISSN 0020-1669; ISSN INOCAJ
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English