Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Blue Platinum(II) Polyynes and Diynes

Muhammed Younus; Anna Köhler; Stephane Cron; Nazia Chawdhury; Muna R A Al-Mandhary; Muhammad S Khan; Jack Lewis; Nicholas J Long; Richard H Friend; Paul R Raithby

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981116)37:21<3036::AID-ANIE3036>3.0.CO;2-R

Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Spectroscopy of Blue Platinum(II) Polyynes and Diynes

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Nov 16;37(21):3036-3039. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19981116)37:21<3036::AID-ANIE3036>3.0.CO;2-R.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, South Kensington, London SW7 2AY (UK).
² Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 OHE (UK).
³ University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW (UK), Fax: (+44) 1223-336362.
⁴ College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University, PO Box 36, Al-Khod 123 (Sultanate of Oman).

Abstract

The smallest band gap observed so far (1.77 eV) for an organometallic polymer is exhibited by the blue, rigid-rod polymer 2, which is prepared by the reaction of trans-[PtCl₂ (PnBu₃ )₂ ] with one equivalent of 1.

Keywords: Diyne complexes; Electrochemistry; Platinum; Polymers; UV/Vis spectroscopy.