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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
Binary salt of a palladium(II) complex with (phosphonomethyl)phosphonic (medronic) acid comprising 'handbell-like'
Artem A Babaryk1, Alexandra N Kozachkova, Natalia V Tsaryk
1Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyiv, prospekt Palladina 32/34, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine. babaryk@univ.kiev.ua
Abstract:
The asymmetric unit of the title compound, dipotassium bis[hexaaquanickel(II)] tris(μ(2)-methylenediphosphonato)tripalladium(II) hexahydrate, K(2)[Ni(H(2)O)(6)](2)[Pd(3){CH(2)(PO(3))(2)}(3)]·6H(2)O, consists of half a {[Pd{CH(2)(PO(3))(2)}](3)}(6-) anion [one Pd atom (4e) and a methylene C atom (4e) occupy positions on a twofold axis] in a rare 'handbell-like' arrangement, with K(+) and [Ni(H(2)O)(6)](2+) cations to form the neutral complex, completed by three solvent water molecules. The {[Pd{CH(2)(PO(3))(2)}](3)}(6-) units exhibit close Pd···Pd separations of 3.0469 (4) Å and are packed via intermolecular C-H···Pd hydrogen bonds. The [KO(9)] and [NiO(6)] units are assembled into sheets coplanar with (011) and stacked along the [100] direction. Within these sheets there are [K(4)Ni(4)O(8)] and [K(2)Ni(2)O(4)] loops. Successive alternation of the sheets and [Pd{CH(2)(PO(3))(2)}](3) units parallel to [001] produces the three-dimensional packing, which is also supported by a dense network of hydrogen bonds involving the solvent water molecules.
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