Zeise's salt, potassium trichloro(ethene)platinate(II), is the chemical compound with the formula K·H2O. The anion of this air-stable, yellow, coordination complex contains an η2-ethylene ligand. The anion features a platinum atom with a square planar geometry. The salt is of historical importance in the area of organometallic chemistry as one of the first examples of an alkene complex.
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