Issue 47, 2017

Cyclometallated platinum(ii) and palladium(ii) complexes containing 1,5-diarylbiguanides: synthesis, characterisation and hydrogen bond-directed assembly

Abstract

Complexes of the type [M(ppy)(big)], (where M = Pt(II) and Pd(II), ppy is 2-phenylpyridine and big is a 1,5-diarylbiguanide) have been prepared and characterised in solution and in the solid state. The big ligand possesses a DAD triple hydrogen bonding array that is designed to facilitate assembly of the complexes with complementary organic components. In DMF solution and in the solid state, the complexes are found to adopt a synsyn conformer of the big ligand to allow hydrogen bonding of DMF molecules to pairs of NH donors. DFT calculations correctly predict this conformation, but only when DMF molecules are explicitly included in the calculation. The electronic spectral properties of the Pt(II) complexes are largely independent of the big ligand and are concentration independent in DMF solution, with TD-DFT calculations showing that the emission comes from the [Pt(ppy)] luminophore. In the presence of 1,8-naphthalimide and barbital derivatives, the big ligand adopts the alternate antianti conformer, which enables a triple hydrogen bonding motif. Notably, the two components adopt significantly non-planar orientations, a feature which will be important in their use as tectons for rational crystal engineering applications. Complexes of the type [Pd(ppy)(Hbig)]OAc, are also described, where the acetate anion is hydrogen bonded to the protonated Hbig ligand which adopts the antianti conformation.

Graphical abstract: Cyclometallated platinum(ii) and palladium(ii) complexes containing 1,5-diarylbiguanides: synthesis, characterisation and hydrogen bond-directed assembly

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Oct 2017
Accepted
15 Nov 2017
First published
16 Nov 2017

CrystEngComm, 2017,19, 7095-7111

Cyclometallated platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes containing 1,5-diarylbiguanides: synthesis, characterisation and hydrogen bond-directed assembly

A. P. McKay, G. E. Shillito, K. C. Gordon and D. A. McMorran, CrystEngComm, 2017, 19, 7095 DOI: 10.1039/C7CE01805C

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