Thiol end-capped one-dimensional platinum and palladium complexes

The synthesis and characterisation of acyl-thiol end-capped homobimetallic rigid-rod structured molecules of type [(MeC(O)Ssingle bond4-NCN)Pt ← Ntriple bond; length of mdashCsingle bondC6H4single bondCtriple bond; length of mdashN → Pt(NCNsingle bond4-SC(O)Me)](OTf)2 (6, NCN = [C6H2(CH2NMe2-2,6)2]−) and (MeC(O)Ssingle bond4-C6H4single bondC6H4)(Ph3P)2Pd ← C5H4Nsingle bondCHdouble bond; length as m-dashCHsingle bondC6H4single bondCHdouble bond; length as m-dashCHsingle bondC5H4N → Pd(PPh3)2(C6H4single bondC6H4single bond4-SC(O)Me)](OTf)2 (9) in which the metal fragments are spanned by π-conjugated organic connecting units is reported.