Metal Complexes of Biologically Important Ligands, CLXXIV [1]. Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Complexes with Schiff Bases from 2-(Diphenylphosphino)benzaldehyde and α-Amino Acid Esters

Abstract

A series of palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes Cl2M(P-N-O) (M = Pd, Pt) with bidentate Schiff bases (P-N-O) from 2-(diphenylphosphino)benzaldehyde and α-amino acid esters has been synthesized, using PdCl2 or K[PtCl3(C2H4)], respectively. Abstraction of chloride from Cl2M(P-N-O) (using AgBF4) has afforded the cationic complexes [(P-N-O)M(Cl)]+BF4 − in which the Schiff bases function as tridentate ligands with coordination of the ester group. The structures of Cl2Pd(Ph2PC6H4C(H)=N-CH2CO2Et) and of [(Cl)Pd(Ph2PC6H4C(H)=NC(H)(CH2CH=CH2)CO2Me)]+BF4 − have been determined by X-ray diffraction. Complexes (L)MCl2 and [(L)MCl]+BF4 (M = Pd, Pt) have also been prepared with the reduced Schiff base Ph2PC6H4CH2NHC(H)(CH2Ph)CO2Me.