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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-(μ(2)-4-amino-benzene-sulfonato-κO:O)disilver]-bis-(μ(2)-4,4'-bipyridine-κN:N')]
Guang-Chuan Ou1, Min Zhang, Xian-You Yuan
1Department of Biology and Chemistry, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan 425100, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the title compound, [Ag(2)(C(6)H(6)NO(3)S)(2)(C(10)H(8)N(2))(2)](n), the Ag(I) atom is four-coordinated by two N atoms from two symmetry-related 4,4'-bipyridine (bipy) and two O atoms from two independent 4-amino-benzene-sulfonate (ABS) ligands. The two inter-chain Ag(I) atoms are bridged by two independent ABS ligands through weak Ag-O bonds and Ag⋯Ag attractions, forming a ladder-like chain coordination polymer [Ag(2)(ABS)(2)(bipy)(2)](n) parallel to [001], which is further linked to generate a two-dimensional structure via N-H⋯O hydrogen-bonding inter-actions.
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