Abstract

AbstractThe coordination chemistry of platinum covers a huge field as shown by a recent survey covering the structural parameter of almost 460 dimeric to oligomeric examples. Approximately 10% of these complexes exist as isomers and are summarized in this review. Included are distortion (87%) and cis-trans (13%) isomers. These are discussed in terms of the coordination about the platinum atom, and correlations are drawn among donor atom, bond distance, and interbond angles. Distortion isomers, differing by a degree of distortion in Pt-L and Pt-Pt distances and L-Pt-L angles, and some also by crystal classes, are the most common. Distortion isomers are also spread over a wider range of oxidation states of platinum [0, +1, +2 (most common), +3, +4, and even nonintegral (+2.14 and +2.375)] than cis-trans isomers (+2 and +3 only). Surprisingly, distortion isomerism is more common than the better-known cis-trans isomerism in the chemistry of platinum.

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