Oxidative addition of mercury(II) halides and carboxylates to platinum(II): formation of Pt-Hg covalent and donor-acceptor bonds

The oxidative addition of mercury(II) halides to platinum(II) occurs by way of complexes containing PtHg donor-acceptor bonds, and Pt2Hg complexes typically contain both a PtHg covalent bond and a donor-acceptor bond.