The Evolution Aspect in the Crystallization Process of [5,5′-(HCF2 CF2 CH2 OCH2 )2 -2,2′-bpy]MX2 (M = Pt, Pd; X = I, Br): Role of the Intramolecular CF2 ─H… X(─M) Hydrogen Bonds

Short-Chained Platinum Complex Catalyzed Hydrosilylation under Thermomorphic Conditions: Heterogeneous Phase Separation at Ice Temperature

Homogeneous catalysts PtCl₂[5,5'-bis-(n-ClCF₂(CF₂)₃CH₂OCH₂)-2,2'-bpy] (2A) and PtCl₂[5,5'-bis-(n-HCF₂(CF₂)₃CH₂OCH₂)-2,2'-bpy] (2B), which contained short fluorous chains, were synthesized and used in catalysis of hydrosilylation of alkynes. In these reactions the thermomorphic mode was effectively used to recover these catalysts from the reaction mixture up to eight cycles by taking advantage of heterogeneous phase separation at ice temperature. This kind of catalysis had previously been observed in fluorous catalysts of platinum containing about 50% F-content, but in this work the percentage of F-content is decreased to only about 30%, by which we termed them as "very light fluorous". Our new type of catalyst with limited number of F-content is considered as the important discovery in the fluorous technology field as the reduced number of fluorine atoms will help to be able to comply the EPA 8-carbon rule. The metal leaching after the reaction has been examined by ICP-MS, and the testing results show the leaching of residual metal to be minimal. Additionally, comparing these results to our previous work, fluorous chain assisted selectivity has been observed when different fluorous chain lengths of the catalysts are used. It has been found that there exists fluorous chain assisted better selectivity towards β-(E) form in the Pt-catalyzed hydrosilylation of non-symmetric terminal alkyne when the Pt catalyst contains short fluorous chain (i.e., 4 Cs). Phenyl acetylenes showed the opposite regioselectivity due to pi-pi interaction while using the same catalyst via Markovnikov's addition to form terminal vinyl silane, which is then a major product for Pt-catalyzed hydrosilylation of terminal aryl acetylene with triethylsilane. Finally, the kinetic studies indicate that the insertion of alkyne into the Pt-H bond is the rate-determining step.

Synthesis, Luminescence, and Structure of a Polymorphic Polyfluorinated Diiodoplatinum(II) Diimine Complex

PtI₂(5,5'-bis(HCF₂CH₂OCH₂)-2,2'-bpy)], 55-2FH-PtI₂, is the first example of a substituted fluorinated diiodoplatinum diimine complex that exhibits polymorphism. The complex, upon recrystallization, forms two different polymorphs, denoted as α and β forms. The luminescence of the α and β forms are the same in glassy solution at 77 K; however, in the solid state, they differ significantly. The major difference between them lies in the solid-state packing of the crystalline structure. The α form is a square planar polyfluorinated PtI₂-containing complex. Its extended herringbone structure consists of two neighboring stacked bipyridyl planes that do not overlap. The α form emits stronger than its parent molecule, [PtI₂bpy], and much stronger than the β polymorph. The β form has a slight tetrahedral distortion about the metal center that ultimately changes the geometry of the complex and decreases the d-orbital splitting from square planar. Furthermore, overlapping bipyridine rings in the extended structure of the β form quench the emission thus resulting in a lower energy emission. Additionally, the β form shows only one type of C-H···O intermolecular stacking interaction that can cause the moderate distortion of the metal core.