Trans-diamminedichloroplatinate

Platinum compounds: trans-diamminedichloroplatinate

The platinum in trans-diamminedichloroplatinate formally is in the oxidation state 2.

Trans-diamminedichloroplatinate

• Formula as often written: [PtCl₂(NH₃)₂]
• Hill system formula: Cl₂H₆N₂Pt₁
• CAS registry number: [14913-33-8]
• Formula weight: 300.045
• Class: complex

Synonyms

• trans-diamminedichloroplatinate
• dichlorodiammineplatinum(II)
• trans-platin

Physical properties

• Colour:
• Appearance: crystalline solid
• Melting point: 340°C (decomposes)
• Boiling point:
• Density:

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Element analysis

Element percentages for the elements in trans-diamminedichloroplatinate

Element	%
Cl	23.63
H	2.02
N	9.34
Pt	65.02

Synthesis

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Isotope pattern

What follows is the calculated isotope pattern for the [PtCl₂(NH₃)₂] unit with the most intense ion set to 100%.

Formula: Pt₁Cl₂N₂H₆

mass  %
294   0.0 
295   0.0 
296   1.7 _
297   0.0 
298  71.5 ____________________________________
299  73.0 ____________________________________
300 100.0 __________________________________________________
301  47.1 ________________________
302  57.7 _____________________________
303   7.9 ____
304  15.5 ________
305   0.1 
306   1.6 _
307   0.0 

References

The data on these compounds pages are assembled and adapted from the primary literature and several other sources including the following.

• R.T. Sanderson in Chemical Periodicity, Reinhold, New York, USA, 1960.
• N.N. Greenwood and A. Earnshaw in Chemistry of the Elements, 2nd edition, Butterworth, UK, 1997.
• F.A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C.A. Murillo, and M. Bochmann, in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Trotman-Dickenson, (ed.) in Comprehensive Inorganic Chemistry, Pergamon, Oxford, UK, 1973.
• R.W.G. Wyckoff, in Crystal Structures, volume 1, Interscience, John Wiley & Sons, 1963.
• A.R.West in Basic solid state chemistry Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, 1999.
• A.F. Wells in Structural inorganic chemistry, 4th edition, Oxford, UK, 1975.
• J.D.H. Donnay, (ed.) in Crystal data determinative tables, ACA monograph number 5, American Crystallographic Association, USA, 1963.
• D.R. Lide, (ed.) in Chemical Rubber Company handbook of chemistry and physics, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 77th edition, 1996.
• J.W. Mellor in A comprehensive treatise on inorganic and theoretical chemistry, volumes 1-16, Longmans, London, UK, 1922-1937.
• J.E. Macintyre (ed.) in Dictionary of inorganic compounds, volumes 1-3, Chapman & Hall, London, UK, 1992.

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