Ehret Fabian, Filippou Vasileios, Blickle Svenja, Bubrin Martina, Záliš Stanislav, Kaim Wolfgang
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 55, 70550, Stuttgart, Germany.
J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, v.v.i., Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Dolejškova 3, 18223, Prague, Czech Republic.
Chemistry. 2021 Feb 15;27(10):3374-3381. doi: 10.1002/chem.202003636. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
Reaction of [Pt(DMSO) Cl ] or [Pd(MeCN) Cl ] with the electron-rich LH=N,N'-bis(4-dimethylaminophenyl)ethanimidamide yielded mononuclear [PtL ] (1) but dinuclear [Pd L ] (2), a paddle-wheel complex. The neutral compounds were characterized through experiments (crystal structures, electrochemistry, UV-vis-NIR spectroscopy, magnetic resonance) and TD-DFT calculations as metal(II) species with noninnocent ligands L . The reversibly accessible cations [PtL ] and [Pd L ] were also studied, the latter as [Pd L ][B{3,5-(CF ) C H } ] single crystals. Experimental and computational investigations were directed at the elucidation of the electronic structures, establishing the correct oxidation states within the alternatives [Pt (L ) ] or [Pt (L ) ], [Pt (L ) ] or [Pt (L ) ] , [(Pd ) (μ-L ) ] or [(Pd ) (μ-L ) ], and [(Pd ) (μ-L ) ] or [(Pd ) (μ-L ) ] . In each case, the first alternative was shown to be most appropriate. Remarkable results include the preference of platinum for mononuclear planar [PtL ] with an N-Pt-N bite angle of 62.8(2)° in contrast to [Pd L ], and the dimetal (Pd →Pd ) instead of ligand (L →L ) oxidation of the dinuclear palladium compound.