The square-planar and trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environment around the Pt and As atom, respectively, each are distorted, with a τ 5 value of 0.794 and 0.711 for arsenic in ( 1) and ( 2), respectively.
Each central platinum(II) atom in the crystal structures of chlorido[dihydroxybis(1-iminoethoxy)arsanido-κ 3 N, As, N′]platinum(II), [Pt(C 4H 10AsN 2O 4)Cl] ( 1), and of chlorido[dihydroxybis(1-iminopropoxy)arsanido-κ 3 N, As, N′]platinum(II), [Pt(C 6H 14AsN 2O 4)Cl] ( 2), is coordinated by two nitrogen donor atoms, a chlorido ligand and to arsenic, which, in turn, is coordinated by two oxygen donor ligands, two hydroxyl ligands and the platinum(II) atom. The square-planar and trigonal–bipyramidal coordination environments around platinum and arsenic, respectively, are significantly distorted with the largest outliers being 173.90 (13) and 106.98 (14)° for platinum and arsenic in ( 1), and 173.20 (14)° and 94.20 (9)° for ( 2), respectively. One intramolecular and four classical intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions are observed in the crystal structure of ( 1), which give rise to an infinite three-dimensional network. A similar situation (one intramolecular and four classical intermolecular hydrogen-bonding interactions) is observed in the crystal structure of ( 2). Various π-interactions are present in ( 1) between the platinum(II) atom and the centroid of one of the five-membered rings formed by Pt, As, C, N, O with a distance of 3.7225 (7) Å, and between the centroids of five-membered (Pt, As, C, N, O) rings of neighbouring molecules with distances of 3.7456 (4) and 3.7960 (6) Å. Likewise, weak π-interactions are observed in ( 2) between the platinum(II) atom and the centroid of one of the five-membered rings formed by Pt, As, C, N, O with a distance of 3.8213 (2) Å, as well as between the Cl atom and the centroid of a symmetry-related five-membered ring with a distance of 3.8252 (12) Å. Differences between ( 2) and the reported polymorph [Miodragović et al. (2013 ▸). Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 10749–10752] are discussed.