The hexanuclear Pd
6Cl
12, i.e., the crystal phase classified as
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-PdCl
2, was obtained by reacting [TBA]
2[Pd
2Cl
6] withAlCl
3 (or FeCl
3) in CH
2Cl
2. The action of AlCl
3 on PtCl
42-, followed by digestion of the resulting solid in 1,2-C
2H
4Cl
2(DCE), CHCl
3, or benzene, produced Pt
6Cl
12·DCE, Pt
6Cl
12·CHCl
3, or Pt
6Cl
12·C
6H
6, respectively. Treating [TBA]
2[PtCl
6] with a slight excess of AlCl
3 afforded [TBA][Pt
2Cl
9], whose anion was established crystallographically to beconstituted by two "PtCl
6" octahedra sharing a face. Dehydration of H
2PtCl
6·
nH
2O with SOCl
2 gave an amorphouscompound closely analyzing as PtCl
4, reactive with [Q]Cl in SOCl
2 to yield [Q][Pt
2Cl
9] or [Q]
2[Pt
2Cl
10], depending onthe [Q]Cl/Pt molar ratio (Q = TBA
+, PPN
+). A single-crystal X-ray diffraction study has shown [PPN]
2[Pt
2Cl
10]·C
7H
8to contain dinuclear anions formed by two edge-sharing PtCl
6 octahedra.