Chemistry Letters, Vol.34, No.2, 248-249, 2005
Self-assembled nanowires of lipid-packaged halogen-bridged platinum complexes formed by one-pot oxidation of Pt(en)(2) complexes by Au(III) ions
A solution-phase synthesis of lipid-packaged mixed valence platinum complexes is newly developed. Addition of aqueous HAuCl4 or AuBr3 to Pt(en)(2)[1](2) complex dissolved in dichloromethane affords halogen-bridged linear complexes [Pt(en)(2)]-[Pt(en)(2)X-2][1](4) (X = Cl or Br). Formation of self-assembled nanowires was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.