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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
catena-Poly[[bis-(1H-benzimidazole-κN)palladium(II)]-μ-benzene-1,4-dicarboxyl-ato-κO:O]
Qingguo Meng1, Lintong Wang, Yanzhen Liu
1College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Weifang University, Weifang 261061, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Pd(C(8)H(4)O(4))(C(7)H(6)N(2))(2)](n), the Pd atom is tetra-coordinated by two carboxyl-ate O atoms from two benzene-1,4-dicarboxyl-ate (bdc) dianions and two N atoms from two benzimidazole ligands, resulting in a slightly distorted tetra-hedral PdO(2)N(2) geometry. The bdc ligand acts as a bridge, linking the Pd atoms into a chain. Inter-chain N-H⋯O hydrogen bonds help to stabilize the crystal structure.
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