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| Properties | |
| P2Pt | |
| Molar mass | 257.032 g·mol−1 | 
| Appearance | silvery-white crystals | 
| Melting point | 1,500 °C (2,730 °F; 1,770 K) | 
| insoluble | |
| Related compounds | |
| Related compounds | Osmium diphosphide | 
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
Platinum diphosphide is a binary inorganic compound of platinum metal and phosphorus with the chemical formula PtP2. [1] [2]
Platinum diphosphide can be prepared by passing phosphorus vapors over spongy platinum or prolonged heating of platinum and phosphorus in a vacuum ampoule at 570 °C: [3] [4]
Also, by reducing platinum(II) acetylacetonate to platinum nanoparticles and reacting with trioctylphosphine at 370 °C. [5]
Platinum diphosphide forms silvery-white crystals of cubic crystal system with the space group Pa3.
Platinum diphosphide can be used as a semiconductor [6] and catalyst. [7]