[SP-4-2]-DINITRATOBIS(TRIMETHYLPHOSPHINE)-PLATINUM(II)

The coordination around platinum is conventional square-planar. The mean Pt-O and Pt-P distances are 2.125 (7) and 2.231 (3) angstrom, respectively. The P(1)-Pt-P(2) and 0(1)-Pt-O(4) angles are 94.9 (1) and 82.3 (3)-degrees, respectively. Coordination appears to cause some distortion of the nitrate group. The N-O(coordinated) bond distances [N(1)-O(1), 1.31 (1); N(2)-O(4), 1.29 (1) angstrom] appear to be larger than the other N-O distances [1.20 (1)-1.25 (1) angstrom] and die bond angles O(2)-N(1)-O(3) [124 (1)-degrees] and O(5)-N(2)-O(6) [123 (1)-degrees] appear to be larger than the other O-N-O angles [117 (1)-119 (1)-degrees]. The nitrato groups lie on opposite sides of die ligand plane.