Pt(tpy)X3
+ [X = Cl (1), Br (2); tpy = 2,2′:6′,2″-terpyridine]
salts
were prepared by the oxidative addition of Pt(tpy)X+ with
X2 as originally reported by Morgan and Burstall in 1934.
The complexes have been fully characterized by 1H NMR spectroscopy,
elemental analysis, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography.
The electronic structures of 1 and 2 were
investigated using absorption and emission spectroscopy, and the accumulated
data are consistent with stabilization of the singlet ligand-centered
and potentially singlet ligand field/singlet ligand-to-metal charge-transfer
states for 1 and 2 compared to those for
Pt(tpy)Cl+ (3) and Pt(tpy)Br+ (4). The changes in the lowest-energy-absorbing state result
in drastic differences in the emission behavior among 1–4. Specifically, 1 emits from a
lowest-energy state that appears to have triplet ligand field/triplet
ligand-to-metal charge-transfer character, whereas 2 exhibits
no appreciable emission between 400 and 800 nm.