The title complex, [PtCl(C14H23N5)]Cl·2H2O, is isomorphous with the Pd(II) compound characterized previously [Mendoza, Bernès & Mendoza-Díaz (2006 ▶). Acta Cryst. E62, m2934-m2936]. The angle between pyrazole mean planes in the main ligand is 88.3 (4)°, similar to that observed in the Pd(II) analogue [87.62 (11)°]. This tridentate ligand adopts a conformation approximating a twofold symmetry, allowing its coordination to the metal atom, together with a chloride ligand, in an almost perfect square-planar geometry. A chloride anion and two water mol-ecules in the asymmetric unit form a hydrogen-bonded network connected to the complex mol-ecules in the crystal via the NH amine groups, forming chains along [100].
Keywords: bis(pyrazol-1-yl)amine; bis[2-(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)ethyl]amine (pza) ligand; coordination compounds; crystal structure; platinum(II) complex.