title: cis-Bis(benzyl-diphenyl-phosphane-κP)dichloridoplatinum(II) dichloro-methane sesquisolvate.
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title compound, [PtCl(2)(C(19)H(17)P)(2)](2)·3CH(2)Cl(2), contains two complex mol-ecules and three dichloro-methane solvent mol-ecules, two of which are disordered over various positions. The Pt(II) complexes reveal a slightly distorted square-planar geometry with average Pt-P and Pt-Cl bond lengthss of 2.252 (8) and 2.363 (8) Å, respectively, and average P-Pt-P and Cl-Pt-Cl angles of 99.17 (8) and 87.1 (7)°, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg (APK Campus), PO Box 524, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2006,  South Africa.
authors.forename: Wade L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Reinout
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meijboom