Abstract The development of molecular frameworks derived from binuclear platinum (II) aromatic Schiff base (salphen) complexes and their supramolecular chemistry have been undertaken. A series of axially rotating (Pt-salphen) 2 luminophores, tethered in a cofacial manner by a rigid linker (xanthene, 1; dibenzofuran, 2; biphenylene, 3), was synthesized in which the O (salphen) groups are potentially amenable for guest-binding. The molecular ...
