Crystal structures of Bis[(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine)]-palladium(II) and -platinum(II) dichloride dichloromethane and Dichloro[(ethane-1,2-diyl)bis(diphenylphosphine)]platinum(II) dichloromethane

Abstract

The crystal structures of the title compounds have been established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction techniques at 295 K, being refined by least squares to residuals of 0.043, 0.036, 0.036 for 2057, 3176 and 3468 independent 'observed' reflections respectively. Crystals of [Pd(diphos)2] C12 (1) (diphos = Ph2P(CH2)2PPh2) are monoclinic, P21/c, with a 12.779(9), b 18.084(10), c 12.942(6) �, β 119.29(5)�, 22; for the isostructural platinum analogue (2), a 12.789(4), b 18.099(7), c 12.965(4) �, β 1l9.39(2)�. Crystals of [PtCl2(diphos)].CH2Cl2, (3), are orthorhombic, P212121, with a 21.360(6), b 13.499(4), c 9.551(5)� Z 4. Complexes (1) and (2) are also solvated but the nature of the solvation is complicated by disorder and less clearcut than in (3). In (1), Pd-P distances are 2.342(2), 2.347(2) � in a centrosymmetric molecule; in (2), Pt-P distances are 2.332(2), 2.335(2) �, while in (3), Pt-P distances are 2.230(2), 2.224(3) � and Pt-Cl are both 2.355(2) � [cf. 2.233(2), 2.226(2), (2.361(2), 2.357(2))� respectively for the previously studied palladium analogue].