(Acetylacetonato-κ²<i>O</i>,<i>O</i>′)[1-(4-bromophenyl-κ<i>C</i>²)-3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene-κ<i>C</i>²]platinum(II)

Abstract

The title platinum(II) complex, [Pt(C(10)H(8)BrN(2))(C(5)H(7)O(2))], has a bidentate cyclometallated phenylimidazolylidene ligand and an acetylacetonate spectator ligand, which form a distorted square-planar coordination environment around the Pt(II) centre. In the solid state, the molecules are oriented in a parallel fashion by intermolecular hydrogen bonding and π-π and C-H···π interactions, while close Pt···Pt contacts are not observed. The structure is only the second example for this new class of compounds.