Complexes trans-[MCl2(NCNMe2)2] (M
= Pt 1, Pd 2) were cocrystallized
with CHBr3 and CHI3, forming 1:2 adducts isomorphic
with previously reported trans-[PtCl2(NCNMe2)2]·2CHI3. In all cases, the C–X···M
(X = Br, I; M = Pd, Pt) metal-involving halogen bonding together with
numerous chloride-halomethane halogen and hydrogen bonds were identified
by single-crystal XRD experiments. Further DFT calculations and topological
analysis of the electron density distribution within the framework
of QTAIM method at the M06/DZP-DKH level of theory confirmed the existence
of these interactions and their noncovalent nature. Estimated energies
of such contacts vary from 1.6 to 3.1 kcal/mol.