Solid state conformational and theoretical study of complexes containing the (CxN)Pd moiety (CxN = 2-(phenylazo)phenyl-C,N and its derivatives)

Palladium complexes having the 2-(phenylazo)phenyl-C,N ligand exhibit a planar chelating ring with NN and N–C distances longer and shorter respectively than those found in trans-azobenzene. The ligand is not planar upon complexation, the mean angle between the phenyl ring and the chelating one found in the Cambridge Structural Database being of 45.6°. We have quantified and characterised the kind of distortion from planar coordination around metallic centers. The method employed makes use of two improper torsion angles, tetrahedral distortion being most frequently found in phenylazophenyl palladium complexes. Crystal structures of three succinimidate complexes having the title moiety are re…

Reactivity of the di-μ-hydroxo-complexes [{Pd(NN)}2(μ-OH)2][ClO4]2 (NN=bis(pyrazol-1-yl)alkanes) towards protic electrophiles. Hydration of coordinated nitriles at a palladium(II) site

Abstract The hydroxo-complexes [{Pd(μ-OH)(NN)}2][ClO4]2 (NN=bpzm:bis(pyrazol-1-yl) methane: a-compounds, bpzm*:bis(3,5-dimethylpyrazol-1-yl)methane; b-compounds) react with a wide variety of weak protic electrophiles H(LL) in a 1:2 molar ratio to give the mononuclear cationic palladium(II) derivatives of general formula [Pd(LL)(NN)][ClO4] [LL=2-pyridine-methoxo (OCH2-py) (1a,b); picolinate (pic) (2a,b); 8-hydroxiquinolinate (oxin) (3a,b)] or the dinuclear complexes [{Pd(NN)}2(μ-ox)][ClO4]2 [ox=oxalate: (4a,b)] and [{Pd(μ-LL)(NN)}2][ClO4]2 [LL=pyrazolate (pz) (5a,b); p-thiocresolate (SC6H4Me-p) (6a,b); triazolate (tz) (7b); thiophenolate (SPh) (8b)] when reacting with oxalic acid, azole…

Reactivity Towards Acidic Protic Ligands of Cyclopalladated Di‐μ‐hydroxo Complexes

The dinuclear hydroxo complexes [{Pd(μ-OH)(C∧N)}2] [C∧N = 2-(2-pyridyl)phenyl (Phpy) (I), 7,8-benzoquinolyl (Bzq) (II) and 2-(2-oxazolinyl)phenyl (Phox) (III)] react in a 1:2 molar ratio with a wide variety of protic electrophiles H(L∧L) bearing different sets of donor atoms (L∧L = O∧O or O∧N) to give the mononuclear neutral palladium(II) derivatives with the general formula [Pd(L∧L)(C∧N)] [O∧O = salicylaldehydate (sal) (1), acetylacetonate (acac) (2) and benzoylacetonate (bzac) (3); O∧N = N-phenylsalicylaldiminate (N-Phsal) (4), N-p-chlorophenylsalicylaldiminate (N-pClPhsal) (5), 2-pyrrolecarbaldeydate (2-pcal) (6), 8-hydroxyquinolinate (oxin) (7)]. Structural characterisation of complexes…

Organometallic Nickel(II) Complexes Containing Thiolate and Dithiocarbamate Ligands

Synthesis and characterization of cyclometallated palladium(II) complexes with 2-(diphenylphosphino)benzaldehyde

New palladium(II) complexes containing 2-(diphenylphosphino)benzaldehyde a (Ph2P(o-C6H4CHO), displaying different coordination modes, have been synthesized in moderate to good yields (62–91%). The cyclometallated palladium(II) complexes [Pd(C^N)(Ph2 P(o-C6H4CHO)(Cl)] (1–4) in which a is P-monodentate have been prepared by reacting it with selected cyclometallated precursors containing bridging chlorides [Pd(C^N)(μ-Cl)]2 [C^N=2-phenylpyridine (Phpy), 7,8-benzoquinoline (Bzq), azobenzene (Phazo), and 2-phenyloxazoline (Phox), respectively]. A rigid P,O-chelating behavior of a, confirmed by the crystal structure determination of [Pd(Phox)(Ph2 P (o-C6H4CHO)][CF3SO3] (8), is observed in complexe…

Synthesis and characterization of new oxazoline-based palladacycles with bridging or terminal imidate ligands. Crystal structures of [{Pd(μ-dibromomaleimidate)(Phox)}2], [Pd(dibromomaleimidate)(Phox)(PPh3)] and [Pd(glutarimidate)(Phox)(PPh3)] (Phox=2-(2-oxazolinyl)phenyl))

Abstract The dinuclear hydroxo complex [{Pd(μ-OH)(Phox)}2] (I) (Phox = 2-(2-oxazolinyl)phenyl) reacts in a 1:2 molar ratio with several imidate ligands to yield new cyclometallated palladium complexes [{Pd(μ-NCO)(Phox)}2] containing asymmetric imidate –NCO– bridging units. [–NCO– = succinimidate (succ) (1), phtalimidate (phtal) (2), maleimidate (mal) (3), 2,3-dibromomaleimidate (2,3-diBrmal) (4) and glutarimidate (glut) (5)]. The reaction of these complexes with tertiary phosphines provides novel mononuclear N-bonded imidate derivatives of the general formula [Pd(imidate)(Phox)(PR3)] [R = Ph (a), 4-F–C6H4 (b) or CH2CH2CN (c)]. The new complexes were characterized by partial elemental analys…