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Zeise's salt, potassium trichloroplatinate, is the chemical compound with the formula K]·H2O. The anion of this air-stable, yellow, coordination complex contains an η-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 a transition metal alkene complex and is named for its discoverer, William Christopher Zeise.
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