title: Crystal structure of bis-(2-{1-[(E)-(4-fluoro-benz-yl)imino]-eth-yl}phenolato-κ(2) N,O)palladium(II).
abstract: The asymmetric unit of the title complex, [Pd(C15H13FNO)2], contains one half of the mol-ecule with the Pd(II) cation lying on an inversion centre and is coordinated by the bidentate Schiff base anion. The geometry around the cationic Pd(II) centre is distorted square planar, chelated by the imine N- and phenolate O-donor atoms of the two Schiff base ligands. The N- and O-donor atoms of the two ligands are mutually trans, with Pd-N and Pd-O bond lengths of 2.028 (2) and 1.9770 (18) Å, respectively. The fluoro-phenyl ring is tilted away from the coordination plane and makes a dihedral angle of 66.2 (2)° with the phenolate ring. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked into chains along the [101] direction by weak C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds. Weak π-π inter-actions with centroid-centroid distances of 4.079 (2) Å stack the mol-ecules along c.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Amalina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mohd Tajuddin
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ; DDH CoRe, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Hadariah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bahron
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Hamizah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mohd Zaki
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia ; Institute of Science, Universiti Teknologi MARA, 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Karimah
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kassim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand.
authors.forename: Suchada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chantrapromma
keywords: NO donors; PdII complex; Schiff base; catalyst activity; crystal structure; hydrogen bonding; π–π inter­actions