[N,N-Bis(diphenylphosphino)propylamine-κ2P,P′]dichloridoplatinum(II)

The Pt(II) atom in the title compound, [PtCl2(C27H27NP2)], has a highly distorted square-planar geometry, as evidenced by the P—Pt—P bite angle [72.4 (1)°]. The strain in the complex is further illustrated by the distorted tetrahedral angles of the P atoms, which range between 93.5 (1) and 122.2 (1)°. It is of interest to note that the N atom has to adopt an almost planar geometry with the two P atoms and the C atom attached to it [it is displaced by 0.093 (2) Å from the CP2 plane] in order to accommodate the steric bulk of the phenyl groups and the alkyl group of the ligand coordinated to the PtII centre. The molecules pack in horizontal rows across the bc plane. C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds stabilize the crystal packing.

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