Pressure-tuning infrared and Raman spectra of trans-dichloro-bis[(diperfluoroethyl)phenylphosphine]platinum(II), trans-Pt[PPh(CF3CF2)2]2Cl2

Infrared and Raman spectra of solid trans-dichloro-bis[diperfluoroethyl(phenyl)phosphine]platinum(II), trans-Pt[PPh(CF3CF2)2]2Cl2, have been studied at high external pressures up to ∼50 kbar with the aid of a diamond-anvil cell. A gradual, pressure-induced phase transition, most probably second order, was observed in the 21–34 kbar pressure range. In the IR spectra, the bands assigned to the Csingle bondF stretching modes of the CF3 groups exhibit larger pressure sensitivities than do those associated with the Csingle bondF stretching modes of the CF2 groups, most probably because of their physical location on the outside in the molecules in the unit cell. The fairly high pressure sensitivities of the symmetric Ptsingle bondCl stretching mode in both the low and high pressure phases (0.46 and 37 cm−1/kbar, respectively) are considered to reflect the low force constant associated with the long Ptsingle bondCl bond length thus making this vibration more susceptible to compression.