Solid state gold-thallium complexes

The related reaction shown in Equation (104)117 leads to a butterfly arrangement with two thallium ions bridging between two gold atoms, 127. Here, the Tl-Tl distance is 360.27 pm and is thought to contribute significantly to the physical properties of the complex. The compound shows solvent-dependent luminescent behavior in solution as well as in the solid state. 

The complexes exhibited different behavior in solution. The gold-thallium derivative showed a shift of the emission to 536 nm when the measurement was carried out in frozen solution. This was explained by a higher aggregation of [Aull(MTP)2] units in the solid state compared to the situation in solution. In the case of the Au-Pb compound, the emission spectrum showed a strong dependence on the aggregation state and temperature. Thus, the emission band in TH F solution, which appeared at 555 nm (298 K) (x = 57 ns), was shifted to 480 nm in frozen solution (x = 2.3 ps) or appeared at 752 nm in solid state (x = 22 ns). As with the thallium complex, the shift to high energy in solution may have been related to the polymeric structure of the complex in the solid state that was not reproduced in solution. 

The complex is luminescent in the solid state both at room temperature and at 77 K, showing a temperature dependence similar to other gold-thallium extended linear chains151 153 "155 that is assumed to be a result of the thermal contraction that occurs when temperature is lowered. But the most interesting spectral feature is the shift of the... 

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