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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
Synthesis, crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of
R Pallavi1, N Srinivasan2, S Thirumaran1
1Department of Chemistry Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608002 India.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Pd(C20H31ClNS2)2], crystallizes about an inversion centre in the monoclinic space group C2/c. The PdII cation adopts a square-planar coordination geometry defined by four sulfur atoms from two N-(4-chloro-benz-yl)-N-do-decyl-dithio-carbamate anions. The crystal packing features C-H⋯S hydrogen bonds, which form a belt motif. Hirshfeld surface analysis indicates that H⋯H (62.9%), S⋯H/H⋯S (14.0%) and Cl⋯H/H⋯Cl (11.1%) contacts dominate the inter-molecular inter-actions.
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