trans-Di-μ-chloro-bis[(dimethyl sulfoxide-κS)phenylplatinum(II)]

Abstract

The title compound, [Pt2Cl2(C6H5)2(C2H6OS)2] or [Pt(μ‐Cl)Ph(dmso)]2 (dmso is di­methyl sulfoxide), is a dimer with a pseudo square‐planar coordination geometry around the Pt atoms, with two bridging Cl ligands creating a four‐membered ring at the centre of the dimer. The complex is centrosymmetric, thus necessitating a trans configuration, with one dmso and one phenyl ligand coordinated to each Pt atom. The two Pt—Cl, the Pt—S and the Pt—C distances are 2.366 (2), 2.475 (2), 2.192 (2) and 1.997 (7) Å, respectively.