Author: Albert Ofori

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Albert Ofori

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Benzoato and Thiobenzoato Ligands in the Synthesis of Dinuclear Palladium(III) and ‐(II) Compounds: Stability and Catalytic Applications

New palladium(III) compounds of formula Pd2[(C6H4)PPh2]2[OXC(C6H5)]2Cl2 [3a (X = O); 3b (X = S)] were obtained by the oxidation of the analogous palladium(II) ones with PhICl2 and were characterized by 31P, 1H, and 13C NMR spectroscopy at 223 K. Compound 3a was also structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods, which revealed a Pd–Pd distance of 2.5212(10) A. DFT calculations were conducted to study the stability of all of these new palladium(III) and -(II) compounds with focus on the influence of the OS substitution of the donor atom in the ligand. The palladium(II) compounds Pd2[(C6H4)PPh2]2[OXC(C6H5)]2 [2a (X = O), 2b (X = S)] were also tested as precatalyst in …

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Pyrazole and Pyrazolate as Ligands in the Synthesis and Stabilization of New Palladium(II) and (III) Compounds.

The versatility of pyrazole/pyrazolate as ligands has allowed the synthesis and the structural characterization of four different types of new orthometalated palladium compounds, for which DFT calculations have been performed in order to investigate their relative stabilities. [Pd2{μ-(C6H4)PPh2}2{μ-(R,R'2pz)}2] (R = R' = H, 2a; R = Br, R' = H, 2b; R = CH3, R' = H, 2c; R = H, R' = CH3, 2d; R = Br, R' = CH3, 2e) compounds with exo-bidentate pyrazolatos are the first paddlewheel dinuclear palladium(II) compounds with pyrazolato bridging ligands described and characterized in the literature. In the process of the synthesis of 2a, a new tetranuclear intermediate compound, [Pd4{μ-(C6H4)PPh2}4(μ-p…

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