title: New structural features of unsupported chains of metal ions in luminescent [(NH3)4Pt][Au(CN)2]2 x 1.5(H2O) and related salts.
abstract: Luminescent [(NH(3))(4)Pt][Au(CN)(2)](2).1.5(H(2)O), which forms from aqueous solutions of [(NH(3))(4)Pt]Cl(2) and K[Au(CN)(2)], crystallizes with extended chains of the two ions with multiple close Pt...Au (3.2804(4) and 3.2794(4) A) and Au...Au (3.2902(5), 3.3312(5), and 3.1902(4) A) contacts. Nonluminescent [(NH(3))(4)Pt][Ag(CN)(2)](2).1.4(H(2)O) is isostructural with [(NH(3))(4)Pt][Au(CN)(2)](2).1.5(H(2)O). Treatment of [(NH(3))(6)Ni]Cl(2) with K[Au(CN)(2)] forms [(NH(3))(2)Ni][Au(CN)(2)](2) in which the [Au(CN)(2)](-) ions function as nitrile ligands toward nickel, which assumes a six-coordinate structure with trans NH(3) ligands. The [Au(CN)(2)](-) ions self-associate into linear columns with close Au...Au contacts of 3.0830(5) A, and pairs of gold ions in these chains make additional but longer (3.4246(5) A) contacts with other gold ions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA. albalch@ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stender
authors.forename: Rochelle L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: White-Morris
authors.forename: Marilyn M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Olmstead
authors.forename: Alan L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Balch