Neutral Guest Capture via Lewis Acid/Base Molecular Square Receptors. X-ray Crystal Structure of {Cyclobis[(cis-(dppp)Pt(4-ethynylpyridyl)2)(cis- (PEt3)2Pt)]Ag2}+6(phenazine)- (-OSO2CF3)6

Abstract
Interaction of {cyclobis[(cis-(dppp)Pt(4-ethynylpyridyl)2)(cis-(L)M)]Ag2}+6(-OSO2CF3)6, where M = Pt(II) or Pd(II) and L = dppp or 2PEt3, with pyridine, pyrazine, phenazine, or 4,4‘-dipyridyl ketone results in coordination Lewis acid/base host−guest assemblies via the “π-tweezer effect” and mono or bis neutral guest coordination. All host−guest complexes are air stable microcrystalline solids with decomposition points greater than 170 °C. The homometallic Pt(II) receptors are more stable than the heteroaromatic Pt(II)−Pd(II) receptors toward heteratom-containing aromatic guests. The X-ray crystal structure of the host−guest complex {cyclobis[(cis-(dppp)Pt(4-ethynylpyridyl)2)(cis-(PEt3)2Pt)]Ag2}+6(phenazine)(-OSO2CF3)6 is reported. The crystals with the empirical formula C62H68AgF9N3O9P4Pt2S3 are triclinic P1̄ with a = 12.3919(8) Å, b = 17.160(1) Å, c = 18.932(1) Å, α = 90.892(1)°, β = 97.127(1)°, γ = 89.969(1)°, and Z = 2.

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