The effect of the nature of peripheral platinated and bridging mercapto ligands on the optical and electrochemical properties of binuclear Pt(II) complexes with a metal-metal chemical bond

The effect of heterocyclic metalated and bridging ligands on the optical and electrochemical properties of [Pt(C boolean AND N)(mu-N boolean AND S)](2) complexes ((C boolean AND N)(-) and (N boolean AND S)(-) are the deprotonated forms of 1-phenylpyrazole, 2-tolylpyridine, benzo[h]quinoline, 2-phenylbenzothiazole and 2-mercaptobenzothiazole, 2-mercaptobenzoxazole, 2-mercaptopyridine) is studied by H-1 NMR, electronic absorption, and emission spectroscopy, as well as by voltammetry. The long-wavelength spin-allowed (415-540 nm) absorption bands of the complexes are attributed to the metal-metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MMLCT) optical transitions. It is shown that the interaction of the d(Z2) and pi ((C)boolean AND(*))(N) orbitals of two {Pt(C boolean AND N)} fragments of binuclear complexes leads to a cathodic shift (0.5-1.0 V) of their metal-centered oxidation potential and to an anodic shift (0.1-0.2 V) of their ligand-centered reduction potential with respect to [Pt(C boolean AND N)En](+) complexes. The luminescence of binuclear complexes in solutions at room temperature is assigned to the spin-forbidden MMLCT transition. It is shown that, in frozen (77 K) solutions, in addition to the MMLCT optical transitions, spin-forbidden radiative processes occur from the intraligand (pi((C)boolean AND(N))-pi ((C)boolean AND(*)(N)) ) and metal-to-ligand charge transfer (d(Pt)-pi ((C)boolean AND(*)(N)) ) excited states.