[1,1′-Bis(diphenylphosphino)cobaltocenium-κ 2 P , P ′]dichloridoplatinum(II) hexafluoridophosphate

The title bimetallic compound, [PtCl2{Co(C17H14P)2}]PF6, was obtained by reaction of 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)cobaltocenium hexafluoridophosphate with bis(acetonitrile)dichloridoplatinum. The PtII ion is four-coordinated in a slightly distorted square-planar environment by two P atoms of the 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)cobaltocenium moiety and two Cl atoms. In the crystal structure, molecules are linked by weak C—H...F and C—H...Cl hydrogen bonds.