Issue 31, 2011

Oligomeric allyl-palladium(ii) complexes of β-substituted ethylselenolates: Syntheses, structures and thermal decomposition

Abstract

Tri-nuclear allyl-palladium complexes, [Pd(μ-SeCH2CH2COOR)(η3-C3H4R′)]3 (R = H, Me, Et and R′ = H, Me), have been synthesized by the reaction of [Pd2(μ-Cl)23-C3H4R′)2] with NaSeCH2CH2COOR. These complexes exist in a dynamic equilibrium with a dimeric form in solution and are fluxional at room temperature as shown by variable temperature 1H NMR spectroscopy. The DFT calculations indicate that there is a negligible energy difference between the dimer and the trimer, and suggest that the delicate balance between the steric factors and angular strain decides the reaction products. These complexes (with R′ = H) on treatment with [Pd2(μ-Cl)23-C3H5)2] afforded hetero-bridged complexes [Pd2(μ-Cl)(μ-SeCH2CH2COOR)(η3-C3H5)2] (R = Me, Et). All the complexes have been characterized by NMR (1H, 13C, 77Se) spectroscopy. The molecular structure of [Pd(μ-SeCH2CH2COOEt)(η3-C3H5)]3 revealed a chair conformation of the six-membered Pd3Se3 ring, in which all the allyl groups lie at one side of the ring (similar to three axial 1,3,5-hydrogens of cyclohexane). Thermolysis of [Pd(μ-SeCH2CH2COOEt)(η3-C3H5)]n in diphenyl ether or hexadecylamine (HDA) yielded Pd7Se4 as characterized by powder XRD.

Graphical abstract: Oligomeric allyl-palladium(ii) complexes of β-substituted ethylselenolates: Syntheses, structures and thermal decomposition

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
09 Mar 2011
Accepted
16 May 2011
First published
07 Jul 2011

Dalton Trans., 2011,40, 7957-7966

Oligomeric allyl-palladium(II) complexes of β-substituted ethylselenolates: Syntheses, structures and thermal decomposition

L. B. Kumbhare, A. Wadawale, S. S. Zade and V. K. Jain, Dalton Trans., 2011, 40, 7957 DOI: 10.1039/C1DT10392J

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