Abstract
Abstract This review covers 15 clusters of the compositions Pt3Re2, Pt2Os3, Pt3AgAu, Pt3Ir3, Pt2M4 (M=Ag or Pd), PtM5 [M=Ru (×2) or Os], Pt3Os4, Pt6Au2, Pt2Ru6, Pt3Ru6, Pt2Ru8, and PtAu9. Each of the cluster contains two crystallographically independent molecules that differ mostly by degree of distortion and are classical examples of distortion isomerism. Their structures are very complex. The inner coordination spheres about the metal atoms (Pt and M) are very complex as well. The clusters are rich in metal-metal bond distances with the shortest being 2.573 Å (Pt-Au), 2.615 (Pt-Pt), and 2.673 Å (Ru-Ru).
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