“…[PtCl 4 (Me 2 bim)], (III), (Casas et al, 2005), [PtCl 4 (bipy)], (IV), (Hambley, 1986), [PtCl 4 (dcbipy)].H 2 O, (V), (Hafizovic et al, 2006), [PtCl 4 {pz(py) 2 }], (VI), (Delir Kheirollahi Nezhad et al, 2008) and [PtCl 4 (dpk)], (VII), (Crowder et al, 2004) [where bipyi is 2,2′-bi-pyrimidinyl, Me 2 bim is 1,1′-dimethyl-2,2′-bi-imidazolyl, bipy is 2,2′-bipyridine, dcbipy is 2,2′-bipyridine-5,5′-dicarboxylic acid, pz(py) 2 is 2,3-bis(2-pyridyl)pyrazine and dpk is bis(2-pyridyl)ketone] have been synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods.…”