“…Since the C1-Pt-N angle is 97 °, the compound is better considered a distorted form of trans-[Pt(C6Hl~NH2)2C12]. Indeed, a detailed comparison of the structures of the cis,and trans compounds (Iball & Scrimgeour, 1977;Zanotti et al, 1978) shows that the space groups and cell parameters are the same and the atom parameters of the cis form can be converted roughly into those of the trans form by x,y,z --, x, -y, ~ + z, and if the C atoms are renumbered C(6) -, C(1), C(5) --, C(2), C(4) --, C(3), C(1) ~ C(4), C(2) -C(5), C(3) --, C(6). Thus, the structure of the 'cis' form is probably an incorrect solution of the structure of the trans form caused by an incorrect choice of the Pt position on the twofold axis (necessary for the cis form) rather than at the inversion centre.…”