Abstract
As part of an effort to develop a spectroscopic structure-property relationship in platinum acetylide oligomers, we have prepared a series of mesoionic bidentate Pt(PBu3)2L2 compounds containing sydnone groups. The ligand is the series o-Syd-(C6H4-C[triple bond]C)n-H, where n = 1-3, designated as Syd-PEn-H. The terminal oligomer unit consists of a sydnone group ortho to the acetylene carbon. We synthesized the platinum complex (Syd-PEn-Pt), the unmodified ligands (PEn-H), and the unmodified platinum complexes (PEn-Pt). The compounds were characterized by various methods, including X-ray diffraction, 13C NMR, ground-state absorption, fluorescence, phosphorescence, and laser flash photolysis. From solving the structure of Syd-PE1-Pt, we find the angle between the sydnone group and the phenyl group is 45 degrees . By comparison of the 13C NMR spectra of the sydnone-containing ligands, the sydnone complexes with the corresponding unmodified ligands and complexes not containing the sydnone group, the sydnone group is shown to polarize the nearest acetylenes and have a charge-transfer interaction with the platinum center. Ground-state absorption spectra of the complexes in various solvents give evidence that the Syd-PE1-Pt complex has an excited state less polar than the ground state, while the PE1-Pt complex has an excited state more polar than the ground state. In all the higher complexes the excited state is more polar than the ground state. The phosphorescence spectrum of the Syd-PE1-Pt complex has an intense vibronic progression distinctly different from the PE1-Pt complex. The sydnone effect is small in Syd-PE2-Pt and negligible in Syd-PE3-Pt. From absorption and emission spectra, we measured the singlet-state energy E(S), the triplet-state energy E(T), and the singlet-triplet splitting Delta E(ST). By comparison with energies obtained from the unmodified complexes, attachment of the sydnone lowers E(S) by approximately 0.1 eV and raises E(T) by approximately 0.1 eV. As a result, the sydnone group lowers Delta E(ST) by approximately 0.2 eV. The trends suggest one of the triplet-state singly occupied molecular orbitals (SOMOs) is localized on the sydnone group, while the other SOMO resides on the rest of the ligand.
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