title: Structure of a crystalline vapochromic platinum(II) salt.
abstract: Square-planar cations of the orange form of [Pt(Me2bzimpy)Cl](PF6) x DMF [Me2bzimpy = 2,6-bis(N-methylbenzimidazol-2-yl)pyridine] stack along the b axis in a head-to-tail arrangement with short interplanar spacings (3.35 and 3.39 A). Long intermolecular Pt...Pt contacts [4.336(2) and 4.565(2) A] and comparatively short Me2bzimpy...Me2bzimpy distances are consistent with spectroscopic measurements for orange salts of Pt(Me2bzimpy)Cl+. The DMF solvent molecules line channels parallel to c, which may provide a conduit for vapor absorption. The crystals are vapochromic, changing from orange to violet upon exposure to acetonitrile vapor. The changes in spectroscopic properties accompanying vapor absorption are consistent with changes in intermolecular interactions between complexes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, P.O. Box 210172, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0172, USA.
authors.forename: Levi J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Grove
authors.forename: Allen G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: Jeanette A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Connick
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D017671:Platinum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017671:Platinum Compounds