title: Syntheses and Structures of the Complexes cis-[M(C(6)F(5))(2)(N&arcraise;X)] (M = Pd, Pt; N&arcraise;X = 2-Iodoaniline, 2-Benzoylpyridine) Containing N&arcraise;X Acting as a Didentate Chelating Ligand and Displaying I-->M or O-->M Interactions.
abstract: Complexes cis-[M(C(6)F(5))(2)(THF)(2)] (M = Pd, Pt) are weak Lewis acids and react with the halocarbon ligand 2-iodoaniline (R-I) yielding the corresponding cis-[M(C(6)F(5))(2)(R-I)] [M = Pd (1), Pt (2)]. In these complexes a (C-)I-M bond is present. The use of other 2-haloanilines (halogen = F, Cl, Br) does not yield the analogous complexes because of the lesser nucleophilic character of the halogen involved. The presence of the (C-)I-Pt bond in 2 has been confirmed by an X-ray structure determination, which also reveals an N-H.M hydrogen bond between two neutral molecules. Complex 2 crystallizes in the space group P&onemacr;: Z = 4; a = 11.797(4) Å; b = 13.735(4) Å; c = 14.107(4) Å; alpha = 97.24(2) degrees; beta = 90.91(2) degrees; gamma = 99.44(2) degrees; V = 2235(2) Å(3). Similarly, complexes cis-[M(C(6)X(5))(2)(THF)(2)] (M = Pd, Pt; X = F, Cl) react with the ligand 2-benzoylpyridine {R-C(O)Ph}, in which the oxygen atom of the ketonic group can behave as a nucleophilic center, yielding the complexes cis-[M(C(6)X(5))(2){R-C(O)Ph}] [M = Pd, X = F (3); M = Pt, X = F (4), Cl (5)]. Complex 3 crystallizes in the space group C2/c: Z = 16; a = 26.284(3) Å; b = 10.623(1) Å; c = 31.423(4) Å; beta = 93.15(1) degrees; V = 8760(2) Å(3). The I-M or O-M bonds in complexes 1-5 are weak and can be easily broken by the addition of neutral (CO, PPh(3), and CH(3)CN) or anionic (Br(-)) ligands.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Aragón, Universidad de Zaragoza-C.S.I.C. 50009 Zaragoza, Spain.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Casas
authors.forename: Larry R.
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Falvello
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forniés
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martín