title: One-dimensionally extended paddlewheel dirhodium complexes from metal-metal bonds with diplatinum complexes.
abstract: We have succeeded in obtaining unique one-dimensional (1D) chain complexes (1, 2, and 3) comprised of two types of metal species: rhodium and platinum. These compounds are constructed from a dinuclear rhodium complex (i.e., [Rh(2)]) and a pivalamidate-bridged platinum complex (i.e., [Pt(2)]), forming an attractive quasi-1D infinite chain, expressed as -{[Rh(2)]-[Pt(2)]-[Pt(2)]}(n)-. Interestingly, the bridging ligands of [Rh(2)] can be varied with trifluoroacetate, acetate, and acetamidate groups, indicating the possibility of electronic structure modulation in the 1D chain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University, Yanagido 1-1, Gifu, 501-1193, Japan. k_uemura@gifu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ebihara