Facial and meridional [NCN]− intramolecular coordination systems: structure of fac-PtBrMe2{2,6-(pzCH2)2C6H3}·1/2C6H6 {[2,6-(pzCH2)2C6H3]−=2,6-(bis{(pyrazol-1-yl)methyl}phenyl)} and mer-PtBr{2,6-(3,5-Me2pzCH2)2C6H3}, and an alternative synthetic route to

Intramolecular coordination by the six-membered monoanionic N,C,N chelating system 2,6-(pyrazol-1-ylmethyl)phenyl and substituted derivatives can give rise to facial and meridional coordination, exhibited by structural studies of facial coordination in the platinum(IV) complex PtBrMe2{2,6-(pzCH2)2C6H3}·1/2C6H6 and meridional coordination in the platinum(II) complex PtBr{2,6-(3,5-Me2pzCH2)2C6H3} showing close to ‘ideal’ geometry for the [NCN]− donor sets. A platinum(IV) complex is formed by oxidative addition of 2,6-(3,5-Me2pzCH2)2C6H3Br to [PtMe2(SEt2)]2, but reaction with [Pt(p-Tol)2(SEt2)]2 gives the platinum(II) complex PtBr{2,6-(3,5-Me2pzCH2)2C6H3} and 4,4′-bitolyl.