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metal-organic compounds
The title compound, [PtI2(C8H10N4)], exhibits square-planar cis coordination of the Pt atom to the two I atoms [mean Pt—I distance 2.587 (6) Å] and the two unmethylated imidazole N atoms [mean Pt—N distance 2.020 (6) Å]. Successively antiparallel near-planar [PtI2(C8H10N4)] units form zigzag chains along the b axis with PtPt distances longer than the interplanar spacing.