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Migration of bidentate anionic ligands in binuclear compounds derived from 1,2-bis(imino)propyl-palladium(II) complexes

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Abstract The complexes [Pd(AB){C(NR)CMeNR}(PPh3)] (I; AB = 2,4-pentanedionate, N-methylsalicylaldiminate, pyrrole-2-N-methylaldiminate; R = p-C6H4OMe) react with ‘MCl2’ (‘MCl2’ = CoCl2, NiCl2, CuCl2, ZnCl2, [PdCl2(NCMe)2], K[PtCl3(CH2CH2)]) to give either the binuclear adducts [(PPh3)(AB)Pd{C(NR)CMeNR}MCl2] (II) or the zwitterionic isomers [(PPh3)Cl2Pd{C( NR)CMeNR}M (AB)] (III) depending on the nature of the metal M and of the anionic ligand AB. The formation of products III is accounted for in terms of an intramolecular migration of ligands between the two metal centers Pd and M of the initially formed MCl2 adducts II.