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metal-organic compounds
In the title compound, [Pt(CN)2(C2H4)(C14H12N2)], the Pt atom has a trigonal-bipyramidal coordination geometry, with the phenanthroline and ethene ligands in the equatorial plane and cyano ligands axial. A trans configuration of cyano ligands in such five-coordinate PtII complexes is unprecedented.