Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.55, No.5, 2620-2626, 2016
Neutral-Type One-Dimensional Mixed-Valence Halogen-Bridged Platinum Chain Complexes with Large Charge-Transfer Band Gaps
One-dimensional (1D) electronic systems have attracted significant attention for a long time because of their various physical properties. Among ID electronic systems, ID halogen-bridged mixed-valence transition-metal complexes (the so-called MX chains) have been thoroughly studied owing to designable structures and electronic states. Here, we report the syntheses, structures, and electronic properties of three kinds of novel neutral MX-chain complexes. The crystal structures consist of ID chains of Pt-X repeating units with (1R,2R)-(-)-diaminocychlohexane and CN- in-plane ligands. Because of the absence of a counteranion, the neutral MX chains have short interchain distances, so that strong interchain electronic interaction is expected. Resonance Raman spectra and diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectra indicate that their electronic states are mixed-valence states (charge-density-wave state: Pt2+center dot center dot center dot X-Pt4+-X center dot center dot center dot Pt2+center dot center dot center dot X-Pt4+-X center dot center dot center dot). In addition, the relationship between the intervalence charge-transfer (IVCT) band gap and the degree of distortion of the ID chain shows that the neutral MX chains have a larger IVCT band gap than that of cationic MX-chain complexes. These results provide new insight into the physical and electronic properties of ID chain compounds.