Affiliation:
1. Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Abstract
The electrochemical oxidation of anodic metals (M = nickel and palladium) in an acetonitrile solution of the thiosemicarbazone ligands (E)-2-(1-(4-methoxyphenyl)ethylidene)-N-methylhydrazine-1-carbothioamide (a), (E)-2-(1-(p-tolyl)ethylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide (b), and (E)-N-phenyl-2-(1-(p-tolyl)ethylidene)hydrazine-1-carbothioamide (c) yielded the homoleptic complexes [ML2], 1a, 1b, 1c, and 2c and [M4L4], 2a as air-stable solids. The crystal structures for 1a, 1b, 1c, and 2c show the ligands in a transoid disposition with the [S,S] and [N,N] donor atom pairs occupying cis positions on the nearly square planar coordination plane of the metal. The structure for 2a of S4 symmetry comprises a tetranuclear palladacycle where the metalated ligands are arranged around a central Pd4S4 environment: a crown ring with alternating palladium and sulfur atoms. The latter complex is the first example of an electrochemical preparation of a cyclometalated palladium compound, marking a milestone in the chemistry of such species. The compounds have been fully characterized by elemental microanalysis, mass spectrometry, infrared (IR), and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra.
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