title: Synthesis of beta-Imino Carbonyl Enolato Complexes by Reaction of Nickel(II), Palladium(II), and Copper(II) Acetates with the Enaminodiones (MeOCO)(RCO)CC(R')NH(2) (R = Me, OMe; R' = Et, EtOCO).
abstract: Nickel(II), palladium(II), and copper(II) acetates undertake exchange reaction with the beta-enaminodiones (MeOCO)(RCO)CC(R')NH(2) (R = Me, OMe; R' = Et, EtOCO) in ethanol to give the neutral complexes [M((MeOCO)(RCO)CC(R')NH)(2)] (1-8) [R = Me, R' = Et: M = Ni (1), Pd (2a,b), Cu (3); R = Me, R' = EtOCO: M = Ni (4), Pd (5), Cu (6); R = MeO, R' = Et, M = Pd (7a,b); R = MeO, R' = EtOCO, M = Pd (8a,b)]. The trifunctional N,O,O ligands act in all cases as bidentate through the imino and one carbonyl group. Complexes 1-8 are all monomers with a square planar geometry. Nickel and palladium complexes show more than one form in the solid state. For example the palladium complex 2 has been synthesized in two forms a and b, which differ in the conformation of the methoxy carbonyl substituent of the chelate ring, while the third isomer or conformer is obtained by thermal treatment at 120 degrees C. Complexes 7 and 8 also exhibit two forms which differ in the degree of intermolecular hydrogen bonding. Both 7b and 8b crystallize in monoclinic unit cells [7b: space group P2(1)/n, a = 11.963(2), b = 8.438(1), c = 19.637(2) Å, beta = 94.2(1) degrees. 8b: P2(1)/c, a = 10.698(2), b = 14.902(2), c = 13.918(2) Å, beta = 95.2(1) degrees ] containing four molecules linked by intermolecular hydrogen bonding [N-H.O=C, 2.14-2.36 Å]. All complexes are thermally stable and volatile. Their mass spectra exhibit intense molecular ion peaks under EI mass conditions.
authors.affiliation: Centro di Studio sulla Stabilità e Reattività dei Composti di Coordinazione, CNR, Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica Metallorganica e Analitica, Università di Padova, Via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Ferrara, I-44100 Ferrara, Italy, and Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Salerno, I-84081 Baronissi (SA), and Centro di Studio sui Biopolimeri, CNR, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Marino
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Basato
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Vettori
authors.forename: Augusto C.
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Veronese
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Valle