Cationic five-coordinate Pt(II) complexes as donors in the formation of Pt-->Ag dative bonds.
A unique trinuclear cluster containing two short Pt-->Ag dative bonds was prepared and characterized crystallographically. Two monocationic orthometalated Pt(II) complexes containing 2-phenylpyridine and the tridentate ligand 9S3 (1,4,7-trithiacyclononane) exhibit axial sulfur interactions with Pt as well as short dative bonds. The Pt-->Ag dative bonding results in a dramatic shortening of the axial Pt-S distance in each Pt complex cation, relative to the mononuclear Pt complex. Evidence for Pt-Ag interactions in solution is also presented.
Janzen
Daron E
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Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403, USA.
Mehne
Larry F
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VanDerveer
Donald G
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Grant
Gregory J
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