Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes bearing a kappa(3)SCS pincer ligand with an azulene unit
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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
Junpei Kuwabara1, Goro Munezawa, Ken Okamoto
1Tsukuba Research Center for Interdisciplinary Materials Science (TIMS), Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1, Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8573, Japan.
Abstract:
Novel Pd and Pt SCS-pincer complexes with an azulene unit were synthesized from the reaction of a metal precursor with an azulene molecule having two thioamide moieties. The crystal structures of the complexes were confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis. Their structural and optical properties were investigated in comparison with those of related complexes with a benzene and pyrrole unit by NMR and UV/Vis spectroscopy. DFT calculations for the azulene complexes revealed that the origin of the long-wavelength absorption is assigned to a transition from the metal center to the extended pi system of the azulene unit.
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