TY - JOUR
T1 - Searching for precursors to metal-metal bonded dipalladium species
T2 - A study of Pd24+ complexes
AU - Berry, John F.
AU - Cotton, F. Albert
AU - Ibragimov, Sergey A.
AU - Murillo, Carlos A.
AU - Wang, Xiaoping
PY - 2005/8/22
Y1 - 2005/8/22
N2 - Reactions of Pd3(OAc)6 with lithium salts of mononegative bidentate N,N-ligands, L, of various types, such as formamidinates, benzamidinates, triazinates, and guanidinates, were investigated in a search for ways to obtain Pd24+ compounds that could serve as precursors to paddlewheel complexes with a metal-metal bond and a Pd 25+ core. It was found that the reactions are complex and that either square planar mononuclear or dinuclear species may be formed depending on the reaction conditions or the method of isolation. For Pd 2L4 compounds, α and β isomers were sometimes obtainable. In the α isomer, all N,N-ligands serve as bridges, whereas in the β isomer, two ligands bridge the Pd24+ unit and each of the other two chelate to a metal atom. Electrochemistry shows that the paddlewheel compounds Pd2(TolNC(H)NTol)4, Pd 2(PhNC(Ph)NPh)4, and Pd2(PhNC(Ph)NPh) 3(OAc) and the orthometalated complex cis-Pd2[η 2-C6H4NC(Ph)N(H)Ph]2(μ-OAc) 2 have reversible oxidation waves between 0.70 and 0.92 V vs Ag/AgCl, which makes them good candidates for chemical oxidation.
AB - Reactions of Pd3(OAc)6 with lithium salts of mononegative bidentate N,N-ligands, L, of various types, such as formamidinates, benzamidinates, triazinates, and guanidinates, were investigated in a search for ways to obtain Pd24+ compounds that could serve as precursors to paddlewheel complexes with a metal-metal bond and a Pd 25+ core. It was found that the reactions are complex and that either square planar mononuclear or dinuclear species may be formed depending on the reaction conditions or the method of isolation. For Pd 2L4 compounds, α and β isomers were sometimes obtainable. In the α isomer, all N,N-ligands serve as bridges, whereas in the β isomer, two ligands bridge the Pd24+ unit and each of the other two chelate to a metal atom. Electrochemistry shows that the paddlewheel compounds Pd2(TolNC(H)NTol)4, Pd 2(PhNC(Ph)NPh)4, and Pd2(PhNC(Ph)NPh) 3(OAc) and the orthometalated complex cis-Pd2[η 2-C6H4NC(Ph)N(H)Ph]2(μ-OAc) 2 have reversible oxidation waves between 0.70 and 0.92 V vs Ag/AgCl, which makes them good candidates for chemical oxidation.
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U2 - 10.1021/ic050876c
DO - 10.1021/ic050876c
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:24044442530
SN - 0020-1669
VL - 44
SP - 6129
EP - 6137
JO - Inorganic Chemistry
JF - Inorganic Chemistry
IS - 17
ER -