A bromine analogue of picoplatin: a new substance from the group of platinum-based chemotherapeutics

A new substance, cis-amminedibromido(2-methyl­pyridine-κN)platinum(II), cis-[PtBr₂(C₆H₇N)(NH₃)], which is a potential platinum-based anti­neoplastic agent for the treatment of patients with solid tumors, has been synthesized and structurally characterized. There is one mol­ecule in the asymmetric unit and mol­ecules are linked via two symmetry-independent N—H...Br hydrogen bonds into zigzag chains running parallel to the c axis. C—H...Br hydrogen bonds crosslink these chains to give a layer parallel to (010). N—H...Br hydrogen bonds and π–π stacking inter­actions between pairs of pyridine rings stack the layers along b.