Phase transformation induced mechanochromism in a platinum salt: a tale of two polymorphs

Red crystals of [Pt(tpy)Cl]NO3·HNO3 show mechanochromic behaviour turning yellow when pressure is applied. The electronic character and spectroscopic signature of the red and yellow polymorphs change as a result of slipping of the molecular stacking planes in the solid state. The slippage alters the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Jg. 56; H. 70; S. 10175
Hauptverfasser: Norton, Amie E, Abdolmaleki, Mahmood Karimi, Liang, Jiamin, Sharma, Malvika, Golsby, Robert, Zoller, Ann, Krause, Jeanette A, Connick, William B, Chatterjee, Sayandev
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 01.09.2020
ISSN:1364-548X, 1364-548X
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Zusammenfassung:Red crystals of [Pt(tpy)Cl]NO3·HNO3 show mechanochromic behaviour turning yellow when pressure is applied. The electronic character and spectroscopic signature of the red and yellow polymorphs change as a result of slipping of the molecular stacking planes in the solid state. The slippage alters the PtPt intermolecular distances from a linear stacked motif with <3.5 Å separations in the red polymorph to a less stacked motif of alternating short intradimer and long interdimer interactions in the yellow polymorph.Red crystals of [Pt(tpy)Cl]NO3·HNO3 show mechanochromic behaviour turning yellow when pressure is applied. The electronic character and spectroscopic signature of the red and yellow polymorphs change as a result of slipping of the molecular stacking planes in the solid state. The slippage alters the PtPt intermolecular distances from a linear stacked motif with <3.5 Å separations in the red polymorph to a less stacked motif of alternating short intradimer and long interdimer interactions in the yellow polymorph.
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ISSN:1364-548X
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DOI:10.1039/d0cc03436c