title: syn-Bimane as a chelating O-donor ligand for palladium(ii).
abstract: A cationic Pd(ii) complex containing syn-(Me,Me)bimane as a ligand was prepared and fully characterized. This complex represents the first well-defined case of a bimane scaffold coordinated to a metal center. The strongly-fluorescent syn-bimane chelates the Pd(ii) center via its carbonyl oxygen atoms, affording a non-fluorescent complex. The crystal structure of this complex shows that the coordinated bimane departs from planarity, with its bicyclic framework bent about the N-N bond. Spectroscopic evidence demonstrates that bimane coordination is reversible in solution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel. flaviog@ariel.ac.il michaelmo@ariel.ac.il.
authors.forename: Partha Jyoti
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Das
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Research Support, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Diskin-Posner
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Firer
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel. flaviog@ariel.ac.il michaelmo@ariel.ac.il.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Montag
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel. flaviog@ariel.ac.il michaelmo@ariel.ac.il.
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Grynszpan