plane defined by the Pt, P and coordinated N atoms of the pyrazole ligand. The coordinated pyrazole ligand is flat and virtually isometric. Selected geometrical details are Pt-P = 2.305 (3), Pt-N = 2.027 (7), average C-C (phenyl) = 1.382 (14) A, P-Pt-N = 91.7 (2) °.Introduction. The determination of the crystal structure of the title compound (hereinafter referred to as PTPP) was initiated as part of a continuing study of the steric requirements of coordinated trisubstituted phosphine ligands. Platinum metal and organoplatinum complexes are often used as catalysts for hydrogen-transfer reactions. This reaction generally includes a catalytic (2) 832 (5) 1587 (20) 3334 (7) 67 (8) C (3) 1168 (4) 2568 (25) 3979 (5) 58 (6) C (4) 3661 (4) 3216 (16) 3990 (6) 41 (7) C (5) 3509 (5) 1431 (19) 3525 (6) 53 (7) C (6) 3976 (6) 313 (19) 3267 (6) 65 (8) C (7) 4591 (6) 958 (24) 3467 (8) 83 (11) C (8) 4758 (5) 2720 (3 !) 3924 (8) 94 (13) C (9) 4294 (5) 3865 (21) 4179 (7) 74 (10) C (10) 3366 (5) 7008 (15) 4775 (6) 54 (8) C (11) 2535 (5) 5571 (17) 3366 (6) 56 (7) * Ueq defined as one third of the trace of the orthogonalized U u tensor.cycle whose intermediates are metal hydrides. These hydrides and organometallic intermediates are extremely reactive. Decomposition of this complex to the metal could easily occur under reduction situations if some stabilizing ligand were not incorporated into the metal complex. The functions of these stabilizing ligands are numerous. Primarily they bind strongly to the metal so that it may undergo any changes in oxidation state, ligation, coordination number and stereochemistry during the catalytic cycle without precipitation of the metal. These ligand s also influence the path of the reaction by their steric interactions with any incoming reactants. The most commonly used ligands for stabilizing the intermediate organometallic species are tertiary phosphines.Experimental. Crystals of the title compound obtained from Dr H. C. Clark of the University of Guelph; D m by flotation method in aqueous silver nitrate, yellow, rectangular-shaped crystal, 0.05 x 0.14 x 0.32 mm, glass-fiber mount, Enraf-Nonius CAD-4F four-circle diffractometer, graphite-monochromatized Mo Ka radiation and an Si(Li) energy-dispersive detector (MuUica, BeaU, Milligan & Oliver, 1979); cell constants from setting angles of 25 reflections; correction for Lorentz, polarization and absorption effects, t Discussion. The final atomic parameters are given in Table 1.* A perspective drawing of PTPP is shown in Fig. 1, which also illustrates the atom-labeling scheme used. A stereoscopic view of the molecular packing is shown in Fig. 2. Bond lengths and bond angles are presented in Table 2. The Pt atom lies on a crystallographic inversion r_~!!~ and has a square-planar coordination center k4,4,2/ geometry. The phenyl ring and the pyrazole rings are planar with the largest displacement of any non-H atom from its plane being 0.008 and 0.007 ./~ respectively. The planes of the phenyl ring and the pyrazole ring (1) 2.027 (7) C (2) , 1983; ...