SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE OF 1,2-DIAMINEPROPANE PLATINUM(II) CANTHARIDINATE

The 1,2-diaminepropane platinum(II) cantharidinate was synthesized by reacting sodium cantharidinate with 1,2-diaminepropane diiodo platinum (II) in aqueous solution. The crystal structure of the platinum comple x was determined by X-ray diffraction. The complex is a binuclear mole cule, in which each platinum ion is coordinated by two carboxylic oxyg en atoms from two different cantharidinates and two amine nitrogen ato ms from the same 1,2-diaminepropane molecule. The platinum(II) ion tak es a typical square planar configuration. Copyright (C) 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd