Platinum acetate is a purple-colored coordination complex. Unlike the corresponding palladium complex

Palladium(II) acetate

Palladium acetate is a chemical compound of palladium described by the formula Pd2 or Pd2. It is considered more reactive than the analogous platinum compound...

, it is not commercially available. Platinum(II) acetylacetonate has been used in its place as a starting point into platinum chemistry.

Preparation

Several syntheses of platinum(II) acetate have been reported. For example, G. Wilkinson et al. reported a synthesis which involved dissolving sodium hexahydroxyplatinate in nitric acid, heating with acetic acid, and removing excess nitric acid by reduction with formic acid. However, Wilkinson's group reported great variability in the results of this synthesis.

In a more recent synthesis by M. Basato et al., silver acetate

Silver acetate

Silver acetate is a photosensitive, white crystalline substance commonly used as a pesticide. It also produces a repulsive taste when combined with cigarette smoke, so it is used in chewing gum and lozenges to aid the cessation of smoking.-Isolation:Silver acetate, the silver salt form of acetic...

 was reacted with platinum(II) chloride

Platinum(II) chloride

Platinum chloride is the chemical compound PtCl2. It is an important precursor used in the preparation of other platinum compounds. It exists in two crystalline forms, but the main properties are somewhat similar: dark brown, insoluble in water, diamagnetic, and odorless.-Structure:The...

. Silver(I) is used as a halide-abstraction reagent. The product formed was tetrameric, complexed with two acetic acid molecules.