title: Bis(imidate)palladium(II) complexes with labile ligands. Mimics of classical precursors?
abstract: A novel synthetic route to prepare palladium(II) precursor analogous of classical [Pd(Cl)(2)(solvent)(2)] has been developed. Just stirring Pd(3)(AcO)(6) in dimethyl sulfide at room temperature, in the stoichiometric presence of protic imidate ligands, resulted in the precipitation of the desired complexes [Pd(imidate)(2)(SMe(2))(2)] (imidate = succinimidate (succ) 1, phthalimidate (phthal) 2, maleimidate (mal) 3, saccharinate (sac) 4 or glutarimidate (glut) 5). The new complexes are very soluble in common solvents and have been fully characterized, including an X-ray diffraction analysis of 2. Analogous reactions with succinimide in acetonitrile or dimethylsulfoxide produced [Pd(succinimidate)(2)(solvent)(2)] (6 and 7, respectively) as off-white powders. Thermal decomposition of 6 produces a new species 6* with bridging imidate ligands that can be formulated as a trimer similar to Pd(3)(AcO)(6). The usefulness of 1-5 as precursors has been tested by reactions against monodentated neutral donor ligands, PPh(3) (a compounds), or pyridine (py, b compounds), to produce ten new derivatives of the general formula trans-[Pd(imidate)(2)(L)(2)]. The single-crystal structures of compounds 2a, 3a, 4a, 4a', 5a and 4b have also been established, allowing an interesting molecular and supramolecular structural discussion. A cis-conformation was induced when the bidentate chelate ligand 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppb, c compounds) was made to react with 1-5. Structural characterization by X-ray diffraction of complex 2c confirmed the proposed formula. Catalytic activity in Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of aryl bromides and benzyl bromides with aryl boronic acids has been tested.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Murcia, 30071, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Gregorio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: Joaquín
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Anant R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kapdi
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: J Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Serrano