Isolation of bis(cysteinato)palladium(II) and bis(cysteinato)platinum(II) is reported and their spectral characteristics have been examined. Both the complexes were square planar with the sulphur and oxygen atoms of the ligand being coordinated to the metal. © 1973.

M. Chandrasekharan

M. Ramakrishna Udupa

Gopalaswamiengar Aravamudan

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Journal	Inorganica Chimica Acta
ISSN	00201693
Open Access	No