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Synthesis and crystal structure of [Pd{C6H4(CH2NHCH2Ph)-2-κ2C,N}(μ-I)]2
Delia Bautista1, Sergio J Benitez-Benitez2
1SAI, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain.
Abstract:
The binuclear title complex, di-μ-iodido-bis(-{2-[(benzylamino-κN)meth-yl]phenyl-κC1}palladium(II)), [Pd2I2(C14H14N)2], was prepared by reaction of [Pd{C6H4(CH2NHCH2Ph)-2}(μ-OAc)]2 with NaI. It crystallizes with one discrete mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. The mol-ecule presents an iodide-bridged dimeric structure with a cisoid arrangement with respect to the C,N-cyclo-palladated ligands. Both PdII atoms have a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment. Weak inter-molecular contacts of the type C-H⋯Pd seem to have a significant influence on the arrangement of the mol-ecules along the b axis in the crystal.
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