Structure elucidation of the unprecedented asymmetric bis-chelate complex [Pd(1,3-bis(di(o-methoxy-m-methylphenyl)phosphino)propane)2]2+ in the solid state and in solution.
Complexes of the type [Pd(ligand)(2)](anion)(2) were prepared with a series of bidentate di(o-methoxyphenyl)phosphine ligands with increasing steric bulk on the meta position of the phenyl groups: m-H (L1); m-MeO (L2); and m-Me (L3). The solid-state structure of [Pd(L2)(2)](OTs)(2) revealed that the two ligands are symmetrically coordinated to Pd(2+). In the solid state structure of [Pd(L3)(2)](OTs)(2) however, the two ligands are unsymmetrically coordinated to Pd(2+), yielding an unprecedented conformation of this bis-chelate P(4)Pd(2+) complex. (1)H-(1)H-COSY and NOESY analysis and a (31)P-NMR simulation showed that the asymmetric structure of [Pd(L3)(2)](OTs)(2) is retained in solution.
Mooibroek
Tiddo J
TJ
Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, PO Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lutz
Martin
M
Spek
Anthony L
AL
Bouwman
Elisabeth
E
D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions
C556078:(Pd(1,3-bis(di(o-methoxy-m-methylphenyl)phosphino)propane)2); D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D012996:Solutions