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Palladium N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes: Synthesis from Benzimidazolium Salts and Catalytic Activity in Carbon-carbon Bond-forming Reactions
Published on: July 30, 2017
Bis[2,6-bis(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl-kappaN(3))pyridinato-kappaN]zinc(II)
Miguel Angel Harvey1, Sergio Baggio, Juan Carlos Muñoz
1Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia, Sede Trelew, and CenPat, CONICET, 9120 Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina.
Abstract:
The structure of [Zn(C(19)H(12)N(5))(2)], which is monomeric and consists of neutral Zn(bbip-H)(2) entities [bbip-H is the anionic form of bis(benzimidazolyl)pyridine, formed by the loss of one H atom], has been solved from a racemic twin. The Zn atom lies at a site with imposed 222 symmetry and the bbip-H ligand has imposed twofold symmetry. The imidazolyl H atom is disordered over two symmetry-related positions, thus raising the molecular symmetry as required by the space group. The angle between the planes of the two coordinated bbip-H ligands is 84.6 (3) degrees, so defining a distorted octahedral environment around the metal atom.
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