New a
lkyny
l co
mp
lexes [Pt
2M
4{C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">C(3-OMe)C
6H
4}
8] (M = Ag
1, Cu
2) have been synthesized and their structuresand properties co
mpared to those of re
lated [Pt
2M
4(C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">CPh)
8] co
mpounds. For the Pt-Ag derivatives, the X-raystructures of the discrete ye
llow so
lvate
mono
mer, [Pt
2Ag
4{C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">C(3-OMe)C
6H
4}
8]·2THF ([
1·
2THF]), and the darkgarnet unso
lvated po
ly
meric for
m, [Pt
2Ag
4{C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">C(3-OMe)C
6H
4}
8]
mages/entities/infin.gif"> ([
1]
mages/entities/infin.gif">), are presented. The ye
llow for
m ([
1·
2THF])exhibits a distorted octahedra
l geo
metry of the
meta
l centers with the p
latinu
m ato
ms
mutua
lly trans and the foursi
lver ato
ms in the equatoria
l p
lane. Pairs of Ag ato
ms are weak
ly bridged by THF
mo
lecu
les [
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/
mgr.gif">-Ag
2···O(THF)].The garnet for
m ([
1]
mages/entities/infin.gif">) has an unprecedented infinite stacked chain of octahedra
l c
lusters
linked by short Pt···Ptbonds (3.1458(8) Å). In both for
ms, different types of weak C-H···O (OMe) hydrogen bonds are observed. Forco
mparative purposes, we have a
lso provided the crysta
l structures of the ye
llow
mono
mer for
m, [Pt
2Ag
4-(C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">CPh)
8]·CHC
l3, and the red di
mer for
m, [Pt
2Ag
4(C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">CPh)
8]
2 (Pt-Pt 3.221(2) Å). These c
lusters disp
lay intensephoto
lu
minescence in both so
lution and the so
lid state, at roo
m te
mperature and 77 K. The e
mission observed forthe ye
llow for
m [
1·
2THF] in the so
lid state is assigned to a
3MLM'CT [Pt(d)/
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/pi.gif" BORDER=0 >(C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">CR)
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/rarr.gif"> Pt(p
z)/Ag(sp)/
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/pi.gif" BORDER=0 >*(C
![](/i<font color=)
mages/entities/tbd1.gif">CR)]state
modified by Pt···Ag, Ag...Ag, and Ag···(THF) contacts. However, in the garnet for
m [
1]
mages/entities/infin.gif"> and in
2, the e
missionsare re
lated to the axia
l Pt-Pt bonds and are assigned as phosphorescence fro
m a
meta
l-
meta
l-to-
ligand charge-transfer (
3MMLCT) excited state ([
1]
mages/entities/infin.gif">), or an ad
mixture of a
meta
l-
meta
l (Pt-Pt) centered
3(d
![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/sig
ma.gif" BORDER=0 >*p
z![](/i<font color=)
mages/gifchars/sig
ma.gif" BORDER=0 >) and
3MMLCTexcited state (
2). For
1, a re
markab
le quenching and a shift to higher energies in the e
mission is observed onchanging fro
m CH
2C
l2 to THF, and for both
1 and
2, the e
mission spectra at 77 K varies with the concentration,showing their tendency to stack even in g
lass.