FT-Raman spectroscopy of structural isomers of Pt(II) complex PtCl2(PEt3)2

We report here the detailed spectroscopic aspects of the structural isomers of Pt(II) complex PtCl2(P(C2H5)3)2 using FT-Raman spectroscopy. A comparison of the structural contraction instigated by lowering the temperature up to liquid nitrogen temperature in the cis and trans isomers has been presented. The lattice region lying in the far infrared region upto 50cm−1 has been analyzed in detail to probe the structural modifications. It was found that the ambient temperature lower symmetry structure of the cis isomer is preserved at low temperatures. The trans isomer, stabilizing in a high symmetry structure at room temperature, transforms to a low symmetry structure on lowering the temperature, which can be attributed to a loss of inversion symmetry of the trans isomer.