posted on 2001-01-06, 00:00authored byVivian Wing-Wah Yam, Chi-Hang Tao, Lingjun Zhang, Keith Man-Chung Wong, Kung-Kai Cheung
Three luminescent palladium(II) and platinum(II) acetylide complexes, 1,3-[Cl(PEt3)2PdC⋮CC6H4C⋮C]2-5-[(iPr)3SiC⋮C]C6H3 and 1,3,5-[Cl(PEt3)2MC⋮CC6H4C⋮C]3C6H3 (M = Pd or Pt),
have been synthesized by the reaction of the corresponding starting complexes, trans-M(PEt3)2Cl2 (M = Pd or Pt), with branched alkynyl ligands. Their crystal structures, together
with their luminescence behavior, have been reported.