Dichlorido{N-[2-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)benzyl-idene]-2-(thio-phen-2-yl)ethan-amine-κP,N}platinum(II) dichloro-methane hemisolvate.

The crystal structure of the title compound, [PtCl(2)(C(25)H(22)NPS)]·0.5CH(2)Cl(2), was determined to establish the coordination properties of the (phosphan-yl)benzyl-idene-methanamine ligand to platinum. In the unit cell two mol-ecules of cis-[PtCl(2)(C(25)H(22)NPS)] are accompanied by a dichloro-methane solvent mol-ecule. The square-planar Pt(2+) coordination sphere is slightly distorted with the bidentate ligand coordinated via the P and the amine N atoms, and the Cl atoms located cis at the two remaining coordination sites. Parts of the thiophene ring and the solvate molecule were modeled as disordered with occupancy ratios of 0.55†(2):0.45†(2) and 0.302†(10):0.198†(10), respectively. Weak C-H⋯Cl inter-actions stabilize the crystal packing.