The mixed-valence compound [(NH
3)
5Pt
IV(
-NC)Fe
II(CN)
5]·6H
2O was synthesized by the substitution reactionof [Pt
IV(NH
3)
5OSO
2CF
3](OSO
2CF
3)
3 and [Fe
II(CN)
6]
4- in aqueous solution and was characterized by UV/vis,IR, and resonance Raman spectroscopies, cyclic voltammetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. Themonoclinic crystal (space group
P2
1/
m (No. 11)) consists of a dinuclear, cyanide-bridged Fe(II)-Pt(IV) moietywith unit cell dimensions of
a = 9.3241(5) Å,
b = 14.0466(7) Å,
c = 9.6938(4) Å,
= 111.467(2)
, and
Z =2. There are also an average of six waters of hydration per unit cell. The
R-factors for this structure are
R =3.66% and
Rw = 7.90%. The electronic spectrum reveals a broad intervalent (IT) charge-transfer absorption atapproximately 420 nm (
= 540 M
-1 cm
-1). Both the ground-state spectroscopy and the electrochemistry of thiscompound are very similar to those of the corresponding trinuclear adduct [(NC)
5Fe
II(
-CN)Pt
IV(NH
3)
4(
-NC)Fe
II(CN)
5]
4-, which has been reported previously. Classical Marcus-Hush theory has been applied in the analysisof the IT band of the dinuclear compound in an effort to elucidate a fuller understanding of the photophysics ofthe trinuclear complex. The data suggest that this latter, centrosymmetric species can be treated theoretically astwo back-to-back dinuclear donor-acceptor (D-A) compounds of the form D-A/A-D, where the Pt(IV) inversioncenter acts as the acceptor for both halves of the molecule. The photochemistry of the dinuclear complex wasalso investigated.