Structural Preferences in Phosphanylthiolato Platinum(II) Complexes.
Invited for this month's cover picture are the groups of Prof. Alfonso Polo and Dr. Albert Poater at the Universitat de Girona, as well as their collaborators from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia. The cover picture shows phosphanylthiolate ligand coordination on a platinum(II) center to give only the bischelate cis -P,P isomer when the ligand/Pt ratio is 2, whereas a trinuclear unexpected complex is achieved with a ligand/Pt ratio of 1. Here, the synthesis and structural determination is combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations to rationalize the reaction mechanistically and through conceptual DFT. The exciting point of this study is that it opens the door to test new experimental pathways to monitor the preferred cis or trans arrangement of bidentate ligands to platinum. (Legend: H-white, C-black, P-purple, S-yellow, Cl-green, Pt-blue.) For more details, see the Full Paper on p. 51 ff.
Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain.
Josep
0000-0003-2121-6364
J
Duran
Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain.
Alfonso
0000-0002-9665-6025
A
Polo
Departament de Quıímica Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 Bellaterra Spain.
Julio
0000-0003-1463-7064
J
Real
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia ICIQ) Av. Països Catalans 16 43007 Tarragona Spain.
Jordi
0000-0003-3984-3550
J
Benet-Buchholz
Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain; Institut de Quıímica Computational i Catàlisi Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain.
Miquel
0000-0002-1917-7450
M
Solà
Departament de Química Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain; Institut de Quıímica Computational i Catàlisi Universitat de Girona Campus de Montilivi s/n 17071 Girona Spain.
Albert
0000-0002-8997-2599
A
Poater