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metal-organic compounds
The title complex crystallizes in two different crystal systems: one form in the monoclinic system, as [PtBr(C7H6)(C18H15P)2]BF4.CD2Cl2.C4D8O, and the other in the orthorhombic crystal system, as [PtBr(C7H6)(C18H15P)2]BF4.C4H8O. The crystal structure of determination of the complex bromo(cycloheptatrienylidene)bis(triphenylphosphine)platinum(II), [PtBr(C7H6)(C18H15P2], revealed that the PtII cation is coordinated to a Br atom, two triphenylphosphine donors and cycloheptatrienylidene. The complex has a square-planar geometry around Pt with the triphenylphosphine ligands being trans to each other. The plane of the cycloheptatrienylidene ligand is almost perpendicular to the coordination plane.