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SUBMITTER: Zhang Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8148368 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Zhihui Z Tizzard Graham J GJ Williams J A Gareth JAG Goldup Stephen M SM
Chemical science 20200102 7
We report an approach to rotaxanes in which the metal ion of a cyclometallated Pt<sup>II</sup> luminophore is embedded in the space created by the mechanical bond. Our results show that the interlocked ligand environment stabilises a normally labile Pt<sup>II</sup>-triazole bond against displacement by competing ligands and that the crowded environment of the mechanical bond retards oxidation of the Pt<sup>II</sup> centre, without perturbing the photophysical properties of the complex. When an a ...[more]