Chlorido{N-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)benz-ylidene]-2-(2-thienyl)ethanamine-κN,P}methylpalladium(II) dichloromethane hemisolvate

Dichlorido{N-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)benzylidene]-2-methylaniline}palladium(II) acetonitrile monosolvate

The title imino–phosphine compound, [PdCl2(C26H22NP)]·CH3CN, was prepared by reaction ofN-[2-(diphenylphosphanyl)benzylidene]-2-methylaniline with dichlorido(cycloocta-1,5-diene)palladium(II) in dry CH2Cl2. The PdIIcation is coordinated by the P and N atoms of the bidentate chelating ligand and by two chloride anions, generating a distorted square-planar coordination geometry. There is a detectabletransinfluence for the chloride ligands. The methyl group present in this structure has an influence on the crystal packing.

Chlorido[2-({[2-(diphenyl-phosphan-yl)-benzyl-idene]amino}-meth-yl)thio-phene-κN,P]methyl-palladium(II)

In the title compound, [Pd(CH₃)Cl(C₂₄H₂₀NPS)], the Pd^II ion is coordinated in a distorted square-planar environment which includes the P and N atoms of the bis-chelating ligand. The thio­phene ring is rotationally ordered, unlike in the majority of crystal structures containing this group.