A new cyclometalated derivative, (NBu
4)[Pt(bzq)(C
6Cl
5)
2] (
2) (bzq = 7,8-benzoquinolate), and threenovel polymetallic species containing donor-acceptor Pt
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Ag bonds, (NBu
4)[{Pt(bzq)(C
6F
5)
2}
2Ag] (
3)and [{Pt(bzq)(C
6X
5)
2}Ag(PPh
3)] (X = F (
4), Cl (
5)), have been synthesized and characterized by X-raydiffraction methods.
3 is prepared by reaction of (NBu
4)[Pt(bzq)(C
6F
5)
2] (
1) with AgClO
4 in 1:1 or 1:0.5molar ratio, while
4 and
5 are the results of the reaction of the corresponding (NBu
4)[Pt(bzq)(C
6X
5)
2] (X= F (
1), Cl (
2)) precursors with [Ag(OClO
3)(PPh
3)] in 1:1 molar ratio.
3 has been found to crystallizein two forms: monoclinic (
3a) and triclinic (
3b), which differ not only in the conformation of the basicPt
2Ag anion (
anti and planar
3a, staggered and nonplanar
3b), but also in the crystal packing (
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extended structure
3a, and a stacked dimer
3b) and luminescence at 298 K (orange
3a, green
3b). At 77K, the orange band (568 nm) of
3a, attr
ibuted to a
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* excimeric emission, is not detected, and bothpolymorphs exh
ibit identical green emission (
3LC/
3MLCT). Spectroscopic study of
4 and
5 (UV-visand luminescence) was also performed to examine the role of the Pt
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Ag donor-acceptor bond. Themost significant feature is the blue shift observed in the low-energy UV absorption and the appearanceof two, close, distinct, structured emissions with short (487
4; 490 nm
5) and long (502 nm
4,
5) lifetime,but only in the solid state at 77 K.