Synthesis, Characterization, and Photochemistry of a Dinuclear Cyanide-Bridged Iron(II)-Platinum(IV) Mixed-Valence Compound and Its Implications for the Corresponding Iron(II)-Platinum(IV)-Iron(II) Complex.
The mixed-valence compound [(NH(3))(5)Pt(IV)(&mgr;-NC)Fe(II)(CN)(5)].6H(2)O was synthesized by the substitution reaction of [Pt(IV)(NH(3))(5)OSO(2)CF(3)](OSO(2)CF(3))(3) and [Fe(II)(CN)(6)](4)(-) in aqueous solution and was characterized by UV/vis, IR, and resonance Raman spectroscopies, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. The monoclinic crystal (space group P2(1)/m (No. 11)) consists of a dinuclear, cyanide-bridged Fe(II)-Pt(IV) moiety with unit cell dimensions of a = 9.3241(5) Å, b = 14.0466(7) Å, c = 9.6938(4) Å, beta = 111.467(2) degrees, and Z = 2. There are also an average of six waters of hydration per unit cell. The R-factors for this structure are R = 3.66% and R(w) = 7.90%. The electronic spectrum reveals a broad intervalent (IT) charge-transfer absorption at approximately 420 nm (epsilon = 540 M(-)(1) cm(-)(1)). Both the ground-state spectroscopy and the electrochemistry of this compound are very similar to those of the corresponding trinuclear adduct [(NC)(5)Fe(II)(&mgr;-CN)Pt(IV)(NH(3))(4)(&mgr;-NC)Fe(II)(CN)(5)](4)(-), which has been reported previously. Classical Marcus-Hush theory has been applied in the analysis of the IT band of the dinuclear compound in an effort to elucidate a fuller understanding of the photophysics of the trinuclear complex. The data suggest that this latter, centrosymmetric species can be treated theoretically as two back-to-back dinuclear donor-acceptor (D-A) compounds of the form D-A/A-D, where the Pt(IV) inversion center acts as the acceptor for both halves of the molecule. The photochemistry of the dinuclear complex was also investigated.
Pfennig
Brian W.
BW
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544.
Lockard
Jenny V.
JV
Cohen
Jamie L.
JL
Watson
David F.
DF
Ho
Douglas M.
DM
Bocarsly
Andrew B.
AB