Optical power limiting an
d luminescence properties of two Pt(II) complexes with thiophenyl an
d phenylgroups in the ligan
ds,
trans-Pt(P(
n-Bu)
3)
2(C
d1.gif">C-Ar)
2, where Ar = -C
4H
2S-C
d1.gif">C-
p-C
6H
4-
n-C
5H
11 (
1) an
d-
p-C
6H
4-C
d1.gif">C-C
4H
3S (
2), have been investigate
d. The fluorescence lifetimes were foun
d to be on thesub-nanosecon
d time scale, an
d the quantum yiel
ds were low, in accor
d with fast intersystem crossing fromthe excite
d singlet to triplet manifol
d. The phosphorescence lifetimes of
1 an
d 2 were shorter than that of aPt(II) complex having two phenyl groups in the ligan
ds. In or
der to eluci
date the C-Pt bon
ding nature in thegroun
d state, the
13C NMR chemical shift of the carbon
directly bon
de
d to Pt, the coupling constants
1JPtC,
2JPtC, an
d 1JPtP, an
d IR
Cd1.gif">C wavenumbers were obtaine
d for
1,
2, an
d three other
trans-
diarylalkynyl Pt(II)complexes. X-ray
diffraction
data of
1 an
d 2 an
d density functional theory calculate
d geometries of mo
delsof
1,
2, an
d trans-Pt(P(
n-Bu)
3)
2(C
d1.gif">C-
p-C
6H
4-C
d1.gif">C-C
6H
5)
2 (
3) show that
1 preferably exists in a
differentconformation from that of
2 an
d 3. The variations in photophysical, NMR, an
d IR
data can be rationalize
dby
differences in geometry an
d -backbon
ding from Pt to the alkynyl ligan
d.