The crystal and molecular structure of trans-chloro(3-hydroxypropyl-N,N-dimethylaininocarbene)-bis(dimethylphenylphosphine)platinum(II) hexafluorophosphate
The crystal and molecular structure of trans-chloro(3-hydroxypropyl-N,N-dimethylaminocarbene)bis(dimethylphenylphosphine)platinum(II) hexafluorophosphate has been determined from three-dimensional X-ray data collected on an automated four circle diffractometer using CuKα radiation. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pna21, with Z = 4, and cell dimensions a = 14.403(2), b = 12.631(2), and c = 16.151(2) Å. Full matrix least-squares refinement on F gave a final conventional R factor of 0.047 for 3442 observations with I > 3σ(I). The cation coordination geometry is square planar, with the carbene ligand lying approximately perpendicular to the plane. The Pt—Cl bond length is 2.356(4) Å and the Pt—C(carbene) distance is 1.978(12) Å. The C(carbene)—N bond length is 1.293(16) Å. These dimensions are discussed in terms of the trans influences of the carbene and chloride ligands and the bonding in the carbene species.