Heterometallic Pd(II)-Ni(II) complexes with meso-substituted dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene: double C-H bond activation and formation of a rectangular tetradibenzotetraaza[14]annulene

Hamid Khaledi; Marilyn M Olmstead; Takamitsu Fukuda; Hapipah Mohd Ali

doi:10.1021/ic5019828

Heterometallic Pd(II)-Ni(II) complexes with meso-substituted dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene: double C-H bond activation and formation of a rectangular tetradibenzotetraaza[14]annulene

Inorg Chem. 2014 Nov 3;53(21):11348-50. doi: 10.1021/ic5019828. Epub 2014 Oct 16.

Authors

Hamid Khaledi¹, Marilyn M Olmstead, Takamitsu Fukuda, Hapipah Mohd Ali

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, University of Malaya , Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia.

PMID: 25320842
DOI: 10.1021/ic5019828

Abstract

Three isomeric 2[Pd(II)-Ni(II)] metal complexes, derived from indoleninyl meso-substituted dibenzotetraaza[14]annulene, were synthesized. The resulting dimers feature Ni···Ni or, alternatively, Ni···π interactions in staggered or slipped cofacial structures. A remarkable insertion of palladium into two different C-H bonds yielded a 4[Pd(II)-Ni(II)] rectangular complex with dimensions of 8.73 × 10.38 Å.