Facile Control of the Redox Properties of Ferrocene-Containing Dipyridyl Derivatives That Bind Platinum(II)

Abstract

The nature of the spacer unit between the redox-active unit and the metal binding site of two new ferrocene-containing dipyridyl derivatives strongly influences the redox and spectroscopic properties of their dichloroplatinum(II) complexes, the structures of which have been determined by X-ray diffraction.