Acta Cryst. (2008). E64, m1138  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536808024914 ]

{-N,N'-Bis[(E)-4-pyridylmethylidene]naphthalene-1,5-diamine}bis[dichlorido(dimethyl sulfide)platinum(II)]

H. S. Huh and S. W. Lee

Abstract: The title dinuclear platinum compound, [Pt₂Cl₄(C₂₂H₁₆N₄)(C₂H₆S)₂], with a long bridging bipyridyl-type ligand, is centrosymmetric and the Pt^II cation shows a slightly distorted square-planar coordination geometry. The Cl ligands are trans to each other, with a Cl-Pt-Cl angle of 178.83 (8)°. The pyridine ring forms a dihedral angle of 48.8 (2)° with the planar PtCl₂SN unit. Within the molecule, the distance between Pt atoms is 20.262 (5) Å and the NN separation between the terminal pyridyl rings is 16.23 (1)Å.

Online 9 August 2008

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