Reaction of a metallamacrocycle leading to a mercury(II)...palladium(II)...mercury(II) interaction.
All wrapped up: The reaction of a 22-membered macrocycle derived from bis(o-formylphenyl)mercury and 1,2-phenylenediamine with palladium(II) results in cleavage of the macrocycle and concomitant formation of a trimetallic complex (see picture; phenyl rings truncated for clarity). The nature of the Hg(II)...Pd(II)...Hg(II) interaction was investigated by theoretical studies.
Sharma
Sagar
S
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400 076, India.
Baligar
Rajesh S
RS
Singh
Harkesh B
HB
Butcher
Ray J
RJ