The crystal structure of a dinuclear platinum(II) complex with a bent dihydroxy bridge, di-(μ-hydroxy)tetrakis(triethylphosphine)diplatinum(II).tetrafluoroborate
The crystal structure of di-(μ-hydroxo)tetrakis(triethylphosphine)diplatinum(II)fluoroborate has been determined and refined to an R value of 0.032. The space group is P21/c and the cell dimensions are a = 1.604(1), b = 1.847(1), c = 1.336(1) nm, β = 101.6 °, with 4 molecules per unit cell. The dimeric cation consists of two square planar Pt(II) centres bridged by a pair of hydroxo ligands. The angle between the mean plane normals is 36.4°. One of the BF4− groups, situated close to the dihydroxo bridge on the more open side, and having lower thermal parameters than the second fluoroborate anion, is hydrogen bonded to the oxygen atoms. The hydrogen atoms were not located. The interatomic distances (pm) are Pt—P = 223.5 (mean), Pt—O = 213.3 (mean), Pt(1)—Pt(2) = 312.1(1), O(1)—O(2) = 272(2), O(1)—F(1) = 288(2), O(2)—F(2) = 282(3). The mean bond angles (deg) are O—Pt—O = 79.4, P—Pt—P = 97.7, P—Pt—O = 91.5, and Pt—O—Pt = 94. One of the triethylphosphine groups is disordered or in thermal motion and was refined by constrained least squares using two superimposed partial structures. The results are discussed in relation to other known hydroxo bridged platinum species relevant to the field of platinum containing, cancer chemotherapeutic drugs.