Bis(N-substituted oxamate)palladate(ii) complexes as effective catalysts for sustainable Heck carbon–carbon coupling reactions in n-Bu4NBr as the solvent

Five bis(oxamato)palladate(II) complexes of the formulae (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Fpma)2] (1), (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Clpma)2] (2), (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Brpma)2] (3), (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Brpma)2]·H2O (3a), (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-MeOpma)2] (4) and (n-Bu4N)2[Pd(4-Isopma)2] (5) (n-Bu4N+ = tetra-n-butylammonium, 4-Fpma = N-4-fluorophenyloxamate, 4-Clpma = N-4-chlorophenyloxamate, 4-Brpma = N-4-bromophenyloxamate, 4-MeOpma = N-4-methoxyphenyloxamate and 4-isopma = N-4-isopropylphenyloxamate) have been easily prepared and characterized by spectroscopic methods and the crystal structures of two of them (3a and 4) have been determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each palladium(II) ion in 3a and 4 is four-coordinate with two o…