(Acetylacetonato-κ2O,O′)[1-(4-bromophenyl-κC2)-3-methylimidazol-2-ylidene-κC2]platinum(II)

The title platinum(II) complex, [Pt(C10H8BrN2)(C5H7O2)], has a bidentate cyclometallated phenylimidazolylidene ligand and an acetylacetonate spectator ligand, which form a distorted square-planar coordination environment around the Pt-II centre. In the solid state, the molecules are oriented in a parallel fashion by intermolecular hydrogen bonding and pi-pi and C-H center dot center dot center dot pi interactions, while close Pt center dot center dot center dot Pt contacts are not observed. The structure is only the second example for this new class of compounds.