1Pt[N≡C(C2H5)]2Cl2 [32].
  Pt-N1 Pt-N2 Pt-Cl1 Pt-Cl2 N1-C1 N2-C2 C1-C3 C2-C4 N1-Pt-N2 N1-Pt-Cl1 N2-Pt-Cl2 Cl1-Pt-Cl2 Cl2-Pt-N1 Cl1-Pt-N2 Pt-N1-C1 Pt-N2-C2 N1-C1-C3 N2-C2-C4
All trans 1.958
1.963
1.958
1.963
2.314
2.282
2.312
2.281
1.153
1.154
1.153
1.154
1.448
1.453
1.448
1.453
90.1
94.5
89.7
86.9
89.4
87.2
90.7
91.3
179.5
178.3
179.8
178.5
178.2
172.7
179.7
173.5
179.3
176.7
178.9
177.6
gauche/trans 1.958
1.964
1.958
1.960
2.313
2.286
2.312
2.280
1.154
1.154
1.154
1.154
1.450
1.455
1.448
1.453
90.4
94.5
89.4
86.9
89.4
87.4
90.8
91.2
179.7
178.1
179.8
178.6
179.2
171.4
179.6
174.0
179.1
175.5
179.1
177.7
All gauche 1.958
1.963
1.958
1.962
2.312
2.286
2.313
2.285
1.154
1.154
1.154
1.154
1.450
1.455
1.450
1.455
90.4
94.9
89.4
87.0
89.5
87.0
90.7
91.2
179.8
178.2
179.8
178.1
179.6
171.5
179.8
171.8
179.7
175.5
179.0
175.8
Expt1 1.940 1.980 2.263 2.263 1.200 1.190 1.420 1.440 89.8 89.9 89.6 90.6 179.5 177.0 177.0 175.0 176.0 177.0
Table 3: Gas-phase and solution-phase (bold) optimized geometries of BNP3029 and the comparison of the geometries from experiment1. All distances are in Å and angles are in º.