{1-[1-(3-Carboxypropanamido)ethyl]-1′,2-bis-(diphenylphosphino) ferroceneκ² P,P′}dichloridoplatinum(II) dichloro-methane 1.25-solvate

The dinuclear title compound, [FePtCl2(C17H14P)(C23H23NO3P)]·1. 25CH2Cl2, has a slightly distorted cis-PtCl2P2 square-planar geometry around the Pt atom, and the ferrocenylphosphine ligands are staggered at an angle of 29.4 (2)° about Pt. In the crystal structure, the complex forms centrosymmetric dimers via two strong inter-molecular O - H⋯O bonds resulting in R 2 ²(8) rings. A weak intra-molecular N - H⋯Cl bond leads to an S(8) motif. The solvent is highly disordered and has not been modelled with discrete atoms.