Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, 63(52), p. 9833-9836
DOI: 10.1039/c6cc03431d
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We disclose two unprecedented complexes built with a central dithienylethene photochrome connecting two cyclometalated Pt(ii) moieties either on the reactive carbon atoms or on the lateral non-reactive carbon atoms of the photochrome. The two systems show vastly different properties that are rationalised thanks to quantum-chemical calculations.