Dimeric structure of the complex anion [(SnCitr)4Pt(μ-SnCitr)2Pt(SnCitr)4]6− (Citr3− = −OOCCH2C(OH)(COO)−CH2COO−) with two bridging tin atoms obtained by the method of radial distribution functions of atoms in powder samples and in solution
摘要:
Using the method of Radial Distribution Functions (RDF) of atoms it has been shown directly that a platinum-tin complex with tin coordinated by citrate ligands is the binuclear platinum anion [(SnCitr)4Pt(mu-SnCitr)2Pt(SnCitr)4]6-. The core of the complex is a platinum cluster wherein each platinum atom is bonded via metal-metal bonds (2.58 angstrom) with six tin atoms situated at the vertices of a slightly distorted octahedron. Two such quasi-octahedrons have a common edge (two of 10 tin atoms are bridges between two platinum atoms) so forming a dimer. The Pt...Pt separation is 3.92 angstrom, i.e. a direct Pt-Pt bond is absent. A model simulation of RDF has allowed us to find the main geometric parameters of the platinum-tin cluster. Citrate ligands coordinate tin atoms in the periphery of the cluster. The structure of the complex anion is the same whether it appears in a potassium salt or in an acid. Solvation in water does not change the diplatinum anion structure.