10.1016/S0022-328X(03)00156-6
The study focuses on the synthesis and characterization of organometallic Pt(II) oligomers and polymers containing 1,4-diethynylbenzene derivatives as bridging units. These rigid rod oligomers and polymers were prepared using a general formula of [PtL2(C/CpC6H4(2,5-R)2/CC)]n, where L represents phosphine ligands such as PPh3 and PBu3, and R denotes various alkoxy substituents like H, OC4H9, or OC16H33. The purpose of these chemicals is to create multinuclear macromolecules with potential applications in opto-electronic devices due to their unique electric, redox, and optical properties. The synthesis involved the Stille coupling reaction, and the products were characterized using various spectroscopic techniques. The study aimed to understand the correlation between the chain length, the nature of ligand phosphines, and organic spacers with the optical properties of the synthesized materials, which showed luminescence and absorption characteristics in the blue-light region with quantum efficiencies up to about 3% for solution measurements.