Journal of the American Chemical Society

Synthesis and characterization of Pt (CN-p-(C2H5) C6H4) 2 (CN) 2, a crystalline vapoluminescent compound that detects vapor-phase aromatic hydrocarbons

CE Buss, KR Mann

Index: Buss, Carrie E.; Mann, Kent R. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2002 , vol. 124, # 6 p. 1031 - 1039

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Citation Number: 198

Abstract

The vapochromic and vapoluminescent compound Pt (CN-p-(C2H5) C6H4) 2 (CN) 2 (abbreviated PtC 2) is conveniently synthesized by the thermal rearrangement of [Pt (CN-p- (C2H5) C6H4) 4][Pt (CN) 4]. Recrystallization of PtC 2 gives a crystalline orange morph (O- PtC 2) and an amorphous purple morph (P-PtC 2) that both contain the cis isomer and differ only in their solid-state packing arrangements. Both compounds were fully characterized ...