Chlorido(dimethyl sulfoxide-κS)[2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl-κ2N,C1]platinum(II)

In the title compound, [Pt(C11H8N)Cl(C2H6OS)], the S atom of dimethyl sulfoxide is trans to the pyridyl N atom [Pt—S = 2.2181 (11) ] and the chlorido ligand is trans to the carbon donor of 2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl [Pt—Cl = 2.4202 (10) ]. The [2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl]platinum(II) unit forms a one-dimensional stack along the c axis with two independent interplanar separations of 3.44 (9) and 3.50 (2) .