Cis/trans isomers of PtX2L2 (X = halogen, L = neutral ligand); the crystal structure of trans-dichlorobis(dimethyl sulfide) platinum(II) and the pressure dependence of its unit-cell dimensions
trans-PtCl2(dms)(2) (dms is dimethyl sulfide) crystallizes in the space group P2(1)/n and adopts the molecular point group C-i, which is the most frequently occurring point group for trans-PtX2L2 complexes (78%), as observed in the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD; 2005 release), followed by C-1 (16%). Density functional theory calculations show that the observed geometry for trans- PtCl2(dms)(2
