STRUCTURE OF (DITHIOPIVALATO)(TRITHIOPEROXYPIVALATO)PLATINUM(II), [PT(C5H9S2)(C5H9S3)]

M r=493.66, monoclinic, C2/e, a=18.785 (4), b=6.204 (2), c=27.372(5)A, fl= 95.35 (2) ° , V=3176(1)A 3, Z=8, Dm-=2.04(2), D x = 2.07 Mg m -3, 2(Mo Kct) = 0.71069 ,/~, g = 9.867 mm -~, F(000)= 1888, room temperature, final R =0.038 for 1919 observed reflections. Four- and five-membered rings are present, with Pt-S bond distances of 2.322(4), 2.323(3) and 2.238(4), 2.248(3)ik respectively and an S-S bond of 2.037 (5) A.