Luminescence vapochromic properties of a platinum(II) complex with 5,5'-bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)-2,2'-bipyridine

Jun Ni; Li-Yi Zhang; Hui-Min Wen; Zhong-Ning Chen

doi:10.1039/b901248f

Luminescence vapochromic properties of a platinum(II) complex with 5,5'-bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)-2,2'-bipyridine

Chem Commun (Camb). 2009 Jul 7:(25):3801-3. doi: 10.1039/b901248f. Epub 2009 May 19.

Authors

Jun Ni¹, Li-Yi Zhang, Hui-Min Wen, Zhong-Ning Chen

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, China.

PMID: 19557287
DOI: 10.1039/b901248f

Abstract

A platinum(II) complex of 5,5'-bis(trimethylsilylethynyl)-2,2'-bipyridine displays unusually reversible colour and luminescence changes when exposed to specific organic vapours, correlated well with Pt...Pt distances as well as pi-pi and C-H...(C[triple bond]C) interactions in the stacking of square-planar platinum(II) moieties.