The capricious nature of iodine catenation in I2 excess, perovskite-derived hybrid Pt(iv) compounds

Hayden A Evans; Jessica L Andrews; Douglas H Fabini; Molleigh B Preefer; Guang Wu; Anthony K Cheetham; Fred Wudl; Ram Seshadri

doi:10.1039/c8cc07536k

The capricious nature of iodine catenation in I₂ excess, perovskite-derived hybrid Pt(iv) compounds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2019 Jan 10;55(5):588-591. doi: 10.1039/c8cc07536k.

Authors

Hayden A Evans¹, Jessica L Andrews, Douglas H Fabini, Molleigh B Preefer, Guang Wu, Anthony K Cheetham, Fred Wudl, Ram Seshadri

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA. seshadri@mrl.ucsb.edu.

PMID: 30480673
DOI: 10.1039/c8cc07536k

Abstract

Perovskite-derived hybrid platinum iodides with the general formula A2PtIVI6 (A = formamidinium FA and guanidinium GUA) accommodate excess I2 to yield hydrogen-bond-stabilized compounds where the I2 forms catenates with I- anions on the PtI6 octahedra.