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SUBMITTER: Welton CE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9462016 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
IUCrData 20220310 Pt 3
Crystals of the title compound, C<sub>17</sub>H<sub>15</sub>N<sub>2</sub> <sup>+</sup>·BF<sub>4</sub> <sup>-</sup>, were unexpectedly grown from crystallization attempts of [Pt(4,4'-bpy)<sub>4</sub>](BF<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub> [Smith <i>et al.</i> (2019 ▸). <i>Comments Inorg. Chem.</i> <b>39</b>, 188-215] using toluene and aceto-nitrile. The tetra-fluoro-borate anion and the central pyridinium ring of the cation are disordered, with atomic site occupancies close to ½. The tolyl group of the cat ...[more]