trans-Dichlorobis(ferrocenyldiphenylphosphine-P)platinum(II)-Benzene (1/2)

The structure determination of the title compound, [PtCl₂(C₂₂H₁₉FeP)₂].2C₆H₆, shows the Pt^II moiety to have a square-planar geometry with the bulky phosphine ligands in a trans orientation; each molecule crystallizes with two benzene solvent molecules. The compound crystallizes in the triclinic space group P with 1 mole per unit cell. Bond distances and angles of the coordination polyhedron are Pt-P = 2.318 (2), Pt-Cl = 2.301 (2) Å and P-Pt-Cl = 87.56 (7)°. The structure is compared to analogous platinum(II) dichloro complexes containing two trans tertiary phosphine ligands.

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