Luminescent groups 10 and 11 heteropolynuclear complexes based on thiolate or alkynyl ligands

A family of groups 10 and 11 heteropolynuclear thiolate or alkynyl complexes has been prepared by incorporating d8 or d10 metal thiolate/alkynyl species with d10 metal diphosphine components. This review article presents our recent progress in the design of luminescent d8–d10 or d10–d10 multicomponent and heteropolynuclear complexes based on thiolate or alkynyl ligands. The syntheses, structures and photophysical properties of these heteropolynuclear thiolate/alkynyl complexes are summarized to elucidate the correlation between structures and luminescence.