New Class of Oligonuclear Platinum−Thallium Compounds with a Direct Metal−Metal Bond. 2. Structural Characterization of the Complexes

Luminescent Amidate-Bridged One-Dimensional Platinum(II)−Thallium(I) Coordination Polymers Assembled via Metallophilic Attraction

The neutral square-planar complexes [Pt(RNH2)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2] (R = H, 1; Et, 2) and [Pt(DACH)(NHCO(t)Bu)2] (DACH = 1,2-diaminocyclohexane, 3) act as metalloligands and make bonds to closed-shell Tl(I) ions to afford one- and two-dimensional platinum-thallium oligomers or polymers based on heterobimetallic backbones. A series of heteronuclear platinum(II)-thallium(I) complexes have been synthesized and structurally characterized. The structures of the Pt-Tl compounds resulted from [Pt(RNH2)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2] and TlX [X = NO3(-), ClO4(-), PF6(-), and Cp2Fe(CO2)2(2-)] are dependent on both counteranions and the amine substituents. The compounds [Pt(NH3)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2Tl]X (X = NO3(-), 8; ClO4(-), 9) adopt one-dimensional zigzag chain structures consisting of repeatedly stacked [Pt(NH3)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2Tl]+ units, whereas [{Pt(NH3)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2}2Tl2]X2 (X = PF6(-), 10) consists of a helical chain. Compound 3 reacts with Tl+ to give [{Pt(DACH)(NHCO(t)Bu)2}2Tl](NO3) x [Pt(DACH)(NHCO(t)Bu)2] x 3 H2O (14) and one-dimensional polymeric [{Pt(DACH)(NHCO(t)Bu)2}2Tl2]X2 (X = ClO4(-), 15; PF6(-), 16). Reactions of [Pt(DACH)(NHCOCH3)2] with Tl+ ions afford one-dimensional coordination polymers [{Pt(DACH)(NHCOCH3)2}2Tl2]X2 (X = NO3(-), 17; ClO4(-), 18; PF6(-), 19). The polymeric [{Pt(DACH)(NHCOR')2}2Tl2]2+ (R = CH3, (t)Bu) complexes adopt helical structures, which are generated around the crystallographic 2(1) screw axis. The distance between the coils corresponds to the unit cell length, which ranges from 22.58 to 22.68 A. The platinum-thallium bond distances fall in a narrow range around 3.0 A. The complexes derived from [Pt(NH3)2(NHCO(t)Bu)2] are luminescent at 77 K. The trinuclear complexes [{Pt(RNH2)(NHCO(t)Bu)2}2Tl]+ do not emit at room temperature but are emissive at 77 K, whereas the polymeric platinum-thallium complexes containing 1,2-diaminocyclohexane are intensively luminescent at both room temperature and 77 K. The color variations are interesting; 15 exhibits intense yellow-green, 16 exhibits green, and 17-19 exhibit blue luminescence. The presence of bonding between platinum and thallium is supported by the short metal-metal separations and the strong low-energy luminescence of these compounds in their solid states.

Spectral and Structural Characterization of Amidate-Bridged Platinum−Thallium Complexes with Strong Metal−Metal Bonds

The reactions of [Pt(NH3)2(NHCOtBu)2] and TlX3 (X = NO3-, Cl-, CF3CO2-) yielded dinuclear [{Pt(ONO2)(NH3)2(NHCOtBu)}Tl(ONO2)2(MeOH)] (2) and trinuclear complexes [{PtX(RNH2)2(NHCOtBu)2}2Tl]+ [X = NO3- (3), Cl- (5), CF3CO2- (6)], which were spectroscopically and structurally characterized. Strong Pt-Tl interaction in the complexes in solutions was indicated by both 195Pt and 205Tl NMR spectra, which exhibit very large one-bond spin-spin coupling constants between the heteronuclei (1J(PtTl)), 146.8 and 88.84 kHz for 2 and 3, respectively. Both the X-ray photoelectron spectra and the 195Pt chemical shifts reveal that the complexes have Pt centers whose oxidation states are close to that of Pt(III). Characterization of these complexes by X-ray diffraction analysis confirms that the Pt and Tl atoms are held together by very short Pt-Tl bonds and are supported by the bridging amidate ligands. The Pt-Tl bonds are shorter than 2.6 Angstrom, indicating a strong metal-metal attraction between these two metals. Compound 2 was found to activate the C-H bond of acetone to yield a platinum(IV) acetonate complex. This reactivity corresponds to the property of Pt(III) complexes. Density functional theory calculations were able to reproduce the large magnitude of the metal-metal spin-spin coupling constants. The couplings are sensitive to the computational model because of a delicate balance of metal 6s contributions in the frontier orbitals. The computational analysis reveals the role of the axial ligands in the magnitude of the coupling constants.

Phosphine-ligated induced formation of thallium(i) “full” Pt3TlPt3sandwich versus “open-face” TlPt3sandwich with triangular Pt3(µ2-CO)3(PR3)3units: synthesis and structural/spectroscopic analysis of triphenylphosphine [(µ3-Tl)Pt3(µ2-CO)3(PPh3)3]+and its (µ3-AuPPh3)Pt3analogue

This research constitutes an operational test to assess the influence of platinum-attached phosphine ligands in the formation process of "open-face" TlPt3 or "full" Pt3TlPt3 sandwich clusters. Accordingly, the reaction of TlPF6 with triphenylphosphine Pt4(mu2-CO)5(PPh3)4, under essentially identical boundary conditions originally used to prepare (90% yield) the triethylphosphine "full" Pt3TlPt3 sandwich, [(mu6-Tl)Pt6(mu2-CO)6(PEt3)6]+ (3) ([PF6]- salt), from Pt4(mu2-CO)5(PEt3)4 was carried out to see whether it would likewise afford the unknown triphenylphosphine Pt3TlPt3 sandwich analogue of or whether the change of phosphine ligands from sterically smaller, more basic PEt3 to PPh3 would cause the product to be the corresponding unknown triphenylphosphine "open-face" TlPt3 sandwich that would geometrically resemble the known bulky tricyclohexylphosphine [(mu3-Tl)Pt3(mu2-CO)3(PCy3)3]+ sandwich (2a). Both the structure and composition of the resulting "open-face" sandwich product, [(mu3-Tl)Pt3(mu2-CO)3(PPh3)3]+ (1a) ([PF6]- salt), were unequivocally established from a low-temperature CCD X-ray crystallographic determination. The calculated Pt/Tl atom ratio (3/1) of 75%/25% is in excellent agreement with that of 72(3)%/28(5)% obtained from energy-resolved measurements on a single crystal with a scanning electron microscope. Crystals (80% yield) of the orange-red were characterized by solid-state/solution IR and variable temperature 205Tl and 31P{1H} NMR spectra; the 31P{1H} spectra provide convincing evidence that is exhibiting dynamic behavior at room temperature in CDCl3 solution. The corresponding new "open-face" (mu3-AuPPh3)Pt3 sandwich, [(mu3-AuPPh3)Pt3(mu2-CO)3(PPh3)3]+ (1b) ([PF6]- salt), was quantitatively obtained from by reaction with AuPPh3Cl and spectroscopically characterized by IR and 31P{1H} NMR spectra. A comparative geometrical evaluation of the observed steric dispositions of the platinum-attached PR3 ligands in the "open-face" (mu3-Tl)Pt3 sandwiches of (with PPh3) and the known (with PCy3) and in the known "full" Pt3TlPt3 sandwich of (with PEt3) along with the considerably different observed steric dispositions of the PR(3) ligands in the known "open-face" (mu3-AuPCy3)Pt3 sandwich of (with PCy3) and in the known "full" Pt3AuPt3 sandwich of (with PPh(3)) has been performed. The results clearly indicate that, in contradistinction to the known triphenylphosphine Pt3AuPt3 sandwich of , PPh3 and bulkier PCy3 ligands of Pt3(mu2-CO)3(PR3)3 units are sterically too large to form "full" Pt3TlPt3 sandwiches. In other words, the nature of the thallium(I) sandwich-product in these reactions is sterically controlled by size effects of the phosphine ligands. Comparative examination of bridging carbonyl IR frequencies of and with those of closely related "open-face" and "full" sandwiches provides better insight concerning the relative electrophilic capacities of Tl+, Au+, and [AuPR3]+ components in forming sandwich adducts with Pt3(mu2-CO)3(PR3)3 nucleophiles.

Modification of Binuclear Pt−Tl Bonded Complexes by Attaching Bipyridine Ligands to the Thallium Site

Complex formation of monomeric thallium(III) species with 2,2'-bipyridine (bipy) in dimethyl sulfoxide (dmso) and acetonitrile solutions was studied by means of multinuclear ((1)H, (13)C, and (205)Tl) NMR spectroscopy. For the first time, NMR signals of the individual species [Tl(bipy)(m)(solv)](3+) (m = 1-3) were observed despite intensive ligand and solvent exchange processes. The tris(bipy) complex was crystallized as [Tl(bipy)(3)(dmso)](ClO(4))(3)(dmso)(2) (1), and its crystal structure determined. In this compound, thallium is seven-coordinated; it is bonded to six nitrogen atoms of the three bipy molecules and to an oxygen atom of dmso. Metal-metal bonded binuclear complexes [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(n)(solv)](n)(-) (n = 0-3) have been modified by attaching bipy molecules to the thallium atom. A reaction between [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(dmso)(4)](s) and 2,2'-bipyridine in dimethyl sulfoxide solution results in the formation of a new complex, [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(bipy)(solv)]. The presence of a direct Pt-Tl bond in the complex is convincingly confirmed by a very strong one-bond (195)Pt-(205)Tl spin-spin coupling ((1)J((195)Pt-(205)Tl) = 64.9 kHz) detected in both (195)Pt and (205)Tl NMR spectra. In solutions containing free cyanide, coordination of CN(-) to the thallium atom occurs, and the complex [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(bipy)(CN)(solv)](-) ((1)J((195)Pt-(205)Tl) = 50.1 kHz) is formed as well. Two metal-metal bonded compounds containing bipy as a ligand were crystallized and their structures determined by X-ray diffractometry: [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(bipy)(dmso)(3)] (2) and [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(bipy)(2)] (3). The Pt-Tl bonding distances in the compounds, 2.6187(7) and 2.6117(5) A, respectively, are among the shortest reported separations between these two metals. The corresponding force constants in the molecules, 1.38 and 1.68 N/cm, respectively, were calculated using Raman stretching frequencies of the Pt-Tl vibrations and are characteristic for a single metal-metal bond. Electronic absorption spectra were recorded for the [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(bipy)(m)(solv)] compounds, and the optical transition was attributed to the metal-metal bond assigned.

On the nature of the short Pt–Tl bonds in model compounds [H5Pt–TlHn]n−

RHF, DFT and MP2 calculations are reported for the compounds [H5Pt-TlHn]n-, n = 0-2. These serve as analogues for the experimentally known [(NC)5Pt-Tl(CN)n](n-)-species. The very short bond between platinum and thallium is discussed.

New class of oligonuclear platinum-thallium compounds with a direct metal-metal bond. 5. Structure determination of heterodimetallic cyano complexes in aqueous solution by EXAFS and vibrational spectroscopy

The structures of three closely related heterodimetallic cyano complexes, [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(n)()](n)()(-) (n = 1-3), formed in reactions between [Pt(II)(CN)(4)](2)(-) and Tl(III) cyano complexes, have been studied in aqueous solution. Multinuclear NMR data ((205)Tl, (195)Pt, and (13)C) were used for identification and quantitative analysis. X-ray absorption spectra were recorded at the Pt and Tl L(III) edges. The EXAFS data show, after developing a model describing the extensive multiple scattering within the linearly coordinated cyano ligands, short Pt-Tl bond distances in the [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(n)()](n)()(-) complexes: 2.60(1), 2.62(1), and 2.64(1) A for n = 1-3, respectively. Thus, the Pt-Tl bond distance increases with increasing number of cyano ligands on the thallium atom. In all three complexes the thallium atom and five cyano ligands, with a mean Pt-C distance of 2.00-2.01 A, octahedrally coordinate the platinum atom. In the hydrated [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(H(2)O)(4)](-) species the thallium atom coordinates one cyano ligand, probably as a linear Pt-Tl-CN entity with a Tl-C bond distance of 2.13(1) A, and possibly four loosely bound water molecules with a mean Tl-O bond distance of about 2.51 A. In the [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(2)](2)(-) species, the thallium atom probably coordinates the cyano ligands trigonally with two Tl-C bond distances at 2.20(2) A, and in [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(3)](3)(-) Tl coordinates tetrahedrally with three Tl-C distances at 2.22(2) A. EXAFS data were reevaluated for previously studied mononuclear thallium(III)-cyano complexes in aqueous solution, [Tl(CN)(2)(H(2)O)(4)](+), [Tl(CN)(3)(H(2)O)], and [Tl(CN)(4)](-), and also for the solid K[Tl(CN)(4)] compound. A comparison shows that the Tl-C bond distances are longer in the dinuclear complexes [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(n)()](n)()(-) (n = 1-3) for the same coordination number. Relative oxidation states of the metal atoms were estimated from their (195)Pt and (205)Tl chemical shifts, confirming that the [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)(n)()](n)()(-) complexes can be considered as metastable intermediates in a two-electron-transfer redox reaction from platinum(II) to thallium(III). Vibrational spectra were recorded and force constants from normal-coordinate analyses are used for discussing the delocalized bonding in these species.

A theoretical investigation of the remarkable nuclear spin-spin coupling pattern in [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)](-)

We address the problem of the interpretation of heavy nucleus spin-spin couplings for systems being studied in solution. Solvation can create counterintuitive features concerning the spin-spin couplings, which are enhanced by relativistic effects due to the presence of heavy nuclei. This should therefore be taken into consideration for the discussion of spectra obtained from solution. Evidence for such solvent effects is provided by a relativistic density functional study of [(NC)(5)Pt-Tl(CN)](-) (I). It is demonstrated that the remarkable experimentally observed spin-spin coupling pattern, e.g., (2)J(Tl-C) >> (1)J(Tl-C) and J(Pt-Tl) approximately 57 kHz, is semiquantitatively reproduced by our calculations if both relativistic effects and solvation are taken into account. Solvent effects are very substantial and shift the Pt-Tl coupling by more than 100%, e.g. Relativistic increase of s-orbital density at the heavy nuclei, charge donation by the solvent, and the specific features of the multicenter C-Pt-Tl-C bond are responsible for the observed coupling pattern.

Tl-Pt(CN)5 in the solid state--A multimethod study of an unusual compound containing inorganic wires

The crystal and molecular structure of a polycrystalline powder with a metal-metal bond and the composition TlPt(CN)5 has been determined by combining results from X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and vibrational spectroscopic studies. The XRD data gave the tetragonal space group P4/nmm (No. 129), with a= 7.647(3), c=8.049(3) A, Z=2, and well-determined positions of the heavy metal atoms. The Pt-TI bond length in the compound is 2.627(2) A. The platinum atom coordinates four equivalent equatorial cyano ligands, with a fifth axial CN ligand and a thallium atom completing a distorted octahedral coordination geometry. The Tl-Pt(CN)5 entities are linked together in linear -NC-Pt-Tl-NC-Pt-Tl chains through the axial cyano ligand. These linear "wires" are the essential structural features and influence the properties of the compound. A three-dimensional network is formed by the four equatorial cyano ligands of the platinum atom that form bridges to the thallium atoms of neighbouring antiparallel chains. The platinum atom and the five nitrogen atoms from the bridging cyano groups form a distorted octahedron around the thallium atom. EXAFS data were recorded at the Pt and Tl L(III) edges for a more complete description of the local structure around the Pt and Tl atoms. The excessive multiple scattering was evaluated by means of the FEFF program. Raman and infrared absorption spectroscopy reveal strong coupling of the vibrational modes of the TlPt(CN)5 entities, in particular the metal-metal stretching mode, which is split into four Raman and two IR bands. Factor group theory shows that a structural unit larger than the crystallographic unit cell must be used to assign vibrational bands. Intra- and intermolecular force constants have also been calculated. The compound exhibits red luminescence at 700 +/- 3 nm in glycerol and has a corresponding excitation maximum at 240 nm. X-ray photoelectron spectra (XPS) show that the metal atoms have intermediate oxidation states, Pt3.2+ and Tl1.6-, between those in the parent Pt(II) and Tl(III) species and the decomposition products, Pt(IV) and Tl(I). The solid compound TlPt(CN)5 is stable to 520 degrees C. However in presence of water, a two-electron transfer between the metal atoms results in the cleavage of the metal-metal bond at 80 degrees C, forming a Pt(IV) pentacyanohydrate complex and a monovalent thallium ion.

Kinetics and mechanism for reversible chloride transfer between mercury(II) and square-planar platinum(II) chloro ammine, aqua, and sulfoxide complexes. Stabilities, spectra, and reactivities of transient metal-metal bonded platinum-mercury adducts

The Hg2+aq- and HgCl+aq-assisted aquations of [PtCl4]2- (1), [PtCl3(H2O)]- (2), cis-[PtCl2(H2O)2] (3), trans-[PtCl2(H2O)2] (4), [PtCl(H2O)3]+ (5), [PtCl3Me2SO]- (6), trans-[PtCl2(H2O)Me2SO] (7), cis-[PtCl(H2O)2Me2SO]+ (8), trans-[PtCl(H2O)2M32SO]+ (9), trans-[PtCl2(NH3)2] (10), and cis-[PtCl2(NH3)2] (11) have been studied at 25.0 degrees C in a 1.00 M HClO4 medium buffered with chloride, using stopped-flow and conventional spectrophotometry. Saturation kinetics and instantaneous, large UV/vis spectral changes on mixing solutions of platinum complex and mercury are ascribed to formation of transient adducts between Hg2+ and several of the platinum complexes. Depending on the limiting rate constants, these adducts are observed for a few milliseconds to a few minutes. Thermodynamic and kinetics data together with the UV/vis spectral changes and DFT calculations indicate that their structures are characterized by axial coordination of Hg to Pt with remarkably short metal-metal bonds. Stability constants for the Hg2+ adducts with complexes 1-6, 10, and 11 are (2.1 +/- 0.4) x 10(4), (8 +/- 1) x 10(2), 94 +/- 6, 13 +/- 2, 5 +/- 2, 60 +/- 6, 387 +/- 2, and 190 +/- 3 M-1, respectively, whereas adduct formation with the sulfoxide complexes 7-9 is too weak to be observed. For analogous platinum(II) complexes, the stabilities of the Pt-Hg adducts increase in the order sulfoxide << aqua < ammine complex, reflecting a sensitivity to the pi-acid strength of the Pt ligands. Rate constants for chloride transfer from HgCl+ and HgCl2 to complexes 1-11 have been determined. Second-order rate constants for activation by Hg2+ are practically the same as those for activation by HgCl+ for each of the platinum complexes studied, yet resolved contributions for Hg2+ and HgCl+ reveal that the latter does not form dinuclear adducts of any significant stability. The overall experimental evidence is consistent with a mechanism in which the accumulated Pt(II)-Hg2+ adducts are not reactive intermediates along the reaction coordinate. The aquation process occurs via weaker Pt-Cl-Hg or Pt-Cl-HgCl bridged complexes.