Structure of a Pt(II)-Pt(IY) Mixed-Valence Linear Chain Complex: Bis (1,2-diaminopropane )platinum(II)bis (1,2-diaminepropane ) - dibromoplatinum(IV)tetraperchlorate
[Pt(C3H10N2)2][Pt(C3H10N2)2Br2](ClO4)4 crystallizes as flat orthorhombic needles with cell dimensions: a = 7.74(1); b = 11.14(2); c = 19.42(3) Å, Z = 1. Since rotation photographs showed diffuse patterns corresponding to odd values of k without any Bragg reflections, the subcell for which b = 5.57(1) Å was adopted for the structural analysis; it has systematic absences consistent with space groups Pc 2 a and Pcma; the structure was refined in both space groups by least squares and difference Fourier syntheses to R = 0.062 in Pc 2a and R = 0.064 in Pcma. A final decision between the two space groups proved to be impossible within the scope of the experiment. An analysis of the “diffuse” layers reveals that the bridging bromines vibrate in a one-dimensional collective mode within a lattice of “uniform”, fixed platinum cations.