title: An acetonitrile solvatomorph of di-chlorido-(1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione)platinum(II).
abstract: In the title complex, [PtCl2(C12H6N2O2)]·CH3CN, the Pt(II) atom lies in a slightly distorted square-planar arrangement defined by an N2Cl2 donor set. In the packed structure, columns of complex moieties are stacked such that the neighboring units are oriented at 180° and laterally displaced with respect to each other. This prevents any overlap of the phenanthroline rings and thus there is no possibility of any π-π inter-actions between aromatic rings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1001 E. University Ave., Georgetown, Texas 78626, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamala
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1001 E. University Ave., Georgetown, Texas 78626, USA.
authors.forename: Carissa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 1001 E. University Ave., Georgetown, Texas 78626, USA.
authors.forename: Gulnar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rawji
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lynch