This study examines the use of density functional theory (DFT) calculations with a relativistic Hamiltonian for the prediction of 195Pt NMR shielding tensors in coordination compounds, as well as the development and application of a method for obtaining quantitative relationships between 195Pt chemical shift tensors and Pt-ligand bonding. We examine the importance of relativistic effects on 195Pt magnetic shielding tensors, along with a representative GGA (PBE) and corresponding hybrid (PBE0) DFT functional approximation to determine what is necessary to achieve the best agreement with experiment without reliance upon fortuitous error cancellation. Two methodologies that address the issues of long-range effects on 195Pt magnetic shielding tensors in solids are compared and contrasted: (i) calculations that treat the extended lattice of Pt-coordination compounds under periodic boundary conditions and (ii) all-electron calculations employing finite clusters as structural models. Natural bond orbital and natural localized molecular orbital analyses examining the contributions of individual orbitals to the 195Pt magnetic shielding tensors are used to understand their relationship to the electronic structure and Pt-ligand bonding. Finally, the potential of these theoretical methods for investigating a wide range of materials containing platinum group elements is discussed.
Holmes et al. (2026) studied this question.