Chlorido{N2,N6-dibenzyl-N2,N6-bis[(diphenylphosphanyl)methyl]pyridine-2,6-diamine}methylplatinum(II)

Abstract

In the title mononuclear complex, [Pt(CH3)Cl(C45H41N3P2)], the pyridine-2,6-diamine ligand can be viewed as a centrosymmetric motif having two pendant N-benzyl-N-[(diphenylphosphanyl)methyl] arms, the two P atoms of which chelate to the PtII ion, forming a ten-membered metallocycle. A distorted square-planar coordination geometry around the PtII atom is completed by a methyl ligand and a chloride ion. The packing between the mononuclear units is achieved through C—H...π interactions, which link the molecules into chains along the c axis.