The crystal structure of cis-chlorobis(triethylphosphine)phthalazineplatinum(II) tetrafluoroborate, [PtC](PEt3)2(phth)]BF4
The crystal structure of cis-chlorobis(triethylphosphine)phthalazineplatinum(II) tetrafluoroborate has been determinee by single crystal X-ray diffraction and refined to an R-value of 0.076 for 1935 reflections. The cell dimensions are a = 1315.7(2), b = 2462.7(4), c = 899.6(3) pm, β = 104.99(2)°. The space group is P21/c with 4 molecules per unit cell, ρo = 1.593, ρc = 1.613 g cm−3. The structure is a square planar 4-coordinate platinum(II) complex with an angle of 80.0° between the plane of the phthalazine molecule and that of the coordination. Interatomic distances to platinum are Pt—Cl, 235.4(9); Pt—P(1), 225.2(8); Pt—P(2), 226.9(8); Pt—N(1), 208(3); and Pt—N(2), 297(3) pm, the phthalazine ligand being monodentate. The structure is compared to previous results and discussed in relation to variable temperature nmr studies of solutions, which show that the heterocyclic ligand exchanges its point of attachment to and fro between N(1) and N(2) by a dissociative mechanism at elevated temperatures.