title: Novel luminescent hexanuclear platinum(II) alkynyl complex: molecular lego from a face-to-face dinuclear platinum(II) building block.
abstract: A novel luminescent hexanuclear platinum(II) complex, [Pt(2)(mu-dppm)(2)(C[triple bond]CC(5)H(4)N)(4)[Pt(trpy)](4)](CF(3)SO(3))(8) (trpy = 2,2':6',2''-terpyridine), was successfully synthesized by using the face-to-face dinuclear platinum(II) ethynylpyridine complex [Pt(2)(mu-dppm)(2)(C[triple bond]CC(5)H(4)N)(4)] as the building block.
authors.affiliation: Center for Carbon-Rich Molecular and Nano-scale Metal-based Materials Research, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Technology for Drug Discovery and Synthesis, The University of Hong Kong, PR China.
authors.forename: Chi-Kuen
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Hui
authors.forename: Ben Wai-Kin
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Nianyong
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Vivian Wing-Wah
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Yam