[(1,2,5,6-η)-Cyclo­octa-1,5-diene]bis­(4-methyl­phen­yl)platinum(II)

In the mononuclear title complex, [Pt(C(7)H(7))(2)(C(8)H(12))], the Pt(II) ion exhibits a square-planar coordination geometry defined by two methyl­phenyl ligands and the mid-points of the two π-coordinated double bonds of cyclo­octa-1,5-diene. The two methyl­phenyl groups have a cis relationship with a C—Pt—C bond angle of 88.54 (18)° and a dihedral angle between the mean planes of the benzene rings of 83.87 (1)°. Each complex mol­ecule links to four symmetry-related ones through inter­molecular C—H⋯π inter­actions, forming a layer almost parallel to the bc plane.