The effects of the in-plane ligand, the metal atom, the bridging halogen atom and the counter-anion on the electronic structures of a series of linear-chain, halogen-bridged, mixed-valence complexes of platinum and palladium have been investigated. Complexes of the type [ML][MLX2]Y4, where M = Pd or Pt, X = Cl, Br or I, L = 3, 7-diazanonane-1,9-diamine, 4,7-diazadecane-1,10-diamine, 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane or 1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclopentadecane and Y = BF4, ClO4 or PF6, have been examined by means of electronic, Raman and resonance-Raman spectroscopy. The electronic spectra of the complexes each show an intense intervalence charge-transfer band in the visible region, occurring at higher energy, Eg, than it does for analogous bis(ethylenediamine) complexes; this implies greater localisation of valences for the quadridentate than for the bis(ethylenediamine) complexes, in agreement with conclusions drawn from the X-ray structural results. Resonance-Raman spectra of the complexes display long progressions in the symmetric chain stretching mode ν1, νsym(X–MIV–X), corresponding members occurring at higher wavenumbers than for the analogous en complexes. Progressions in ν1 reach at most to v1= 12 for X = Cl, v1= 9 for X = Br and v1= 5 for X = I. Both the trends in Eg and also those in v1(max) vary in the order I < Br < Cl, Pd < Pt and BF4⩽ ClO4 < Pf6, implying increased valence localisation to the right in each series.
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