Bis(2,2'-bipyridine-κN,N')dichlorido-platinum(IV) dichloride monohydrate.

In the title complex, [PtCl(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)]Cl(2)·H(2)O, the Pt(4+) ion is six-coordinated in a distorted octa-hedral environment by four N atoms from the two 2,2'-bipyridine ligands and two Cl atoms. As a result of the different trans influences of the N and Cl atoms, the Pt-N bonds trans to the Cl atom are slightly longer than those trans to the N atom. The compound displays inter-molecular hydrogen bonding between the water mol-ecule and the Cl anions. There are inter-molecular π-π inter-actions between adjacent pyridine rings, with a centroid-centroid distance of 3.962 Å.