Group 10 derivatives of the silylated sterically hindered aromatic thiolates [C6H4SH-2-SiPh3] and [C6H4SH-2-SiCH3Ph2]. The crystal structures of trans-[Pd(PPh3)2(SC6H4-2-SiPh3)2], z-[Pt(PPh3)2(Cl)(SC6H4-2-SiPh3)], e-[Pt(PPh3)2(Cl)(SC6H4-2-SiCH3Ph2)], cis-[Pt(PPh3)2(SC6H4-2-SiCH3Ph2)2], trans-[Pt(PPh3)2(SC6H4-2-SiCH3Ph2)2]

The influence of thiolate ligands on the luminescence properties of cycloplatinated(ii) complexes

Complexes [Pt(C^{^}N)(PPh₃)Cl] (C^{^}N = bzq (7,8-benzoquinolinyl, A) and ppy (2-phenylpyridinyl, B)) were reacted with various thiolate ligands to afford complexes [Pt(C^{^}N)(PPh₃)(κ¹-S-SR)], C^{^}N = bzq, R = SPh (thiophenolate, 1a); C^{^}N = ppy, R = SPh (1b); C^{^}N = bzq, R = Spy (pyridine-2-thiolate, 2a); C^{^}N = ppy, R = Spy (2b); C^{^}N = bzq, R = SpyN (pyrimidine-2-thiolate, 3a); C^{^}N = ppy, R = SpyN (3b). Complexes 1-3 were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, and the solid-state structures of 1a and 2a were determined by X-ray diffraction methods. Replacing a chloride ligand with electron-rich thiolates changes the lowest energy singlet and triplet excited states to the ones that feature charge transfer from the thiolate (mixed with some metal character) to the C^{^}N ligand, which was supported by TD-DFT calculations. All complexes are emissive at 298 K in the solid state except 2b and 3b, which are emissive only at 77 K having a less rigid structure compared to others. The emission of 1a and 1b originates from a low-energy excited state of d_Pt/π_SR → π*_C^N while 3a exhibits a ³LC/³MLCT transition. For 1a and 1b, the radiative rate and the quantum efficiency are higher in a rigid environment such as a solid compared to a polymer and solution. Decreasing the rigidity of the environment leads to a flexibility of rotation of the -SR around the axis of the Pt-S bond. So the geometry can be easily changed after radiation and the lowest lying triplet excited state would have the effective contribution of the dd* transition, which opens a nonradiative pathway at room temperature.

Cis-trans isomerism in a square-planar platinum(II) complex bearing bulky fluorinated phosphane ligands

Transition-metal complexes bearing fluorinated phosphane and thiolate ligands has been an area of study in recent years and the chemical context of the current work is related to the metal-assisted functionalization of fluorinated derivatives. The cis and trans isomers of the square-planar complex bis[(pentafluorophenyl)diphenylphosphane-κP]bis(2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzenethiolato-κS)platinum(II), [Pt(C6HF4S)2{P(C6H5)2(C6F5)}2], have been crystallized from a single chromatographic fraction and characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis. The stabilization of the cis isomer results from weak intramolecular π-stacking interactions and possibly from the formation of a C-F...Pt contact, characterized by an F...Pt separation of 2.957 (6) Å. The natural bond orbital analysis (NBO) for this isomer confirms that the corresponding F → Pt charge transfer accounts for 6.92 kcal mol(-1) in the isomer stabilization. Such interactions are not present in the centrosymmetric trans isomer.