Effect of bulky ligands on one-dimensional platinum compounds

Summary Diaminedithiocyanatoplatinum(II) complexes react with iodine in ethanolic suspension to yield diamagnetic compounds of empirical formula Pt(diamine)(SCN)₂I, which exhibit properties characteristic of one-dimensional materials. Incorporation of bulky substituents in the diamine ligand does not prevent the extended z-axis interaction responsible for these properties, in contrast to the effect of large ligands upon cooperative phenomena in Magnus' Green Salt analogues.Reprintsof this article are not available.The phase cooperative phenomena refers to magnetic and electronic properties that arise form the interaction between neihbouring metal in the solid state.