Binuclear chloro-bridged cyclopalladated azobenzenes [Pd(A)Cl]
2 (A=
ortho-metallated azobenzene or its derivatives) have been reacted with aqueous (aq.) AgNO
3 followed by the addition of 2-hydroxypyridine (2-PyOH; donor centres of deprotonated form abbreviated N,O)/2-mercaptopyridine (2-PySH; donor centres of deprotonated form abbreviated N,S) in presence of Et
3N to synthesise bridged dinuclear compound [Pd(A)(μ-N,O)]
2&n
dash;[Pd(A)(μ-N,S)]
2. The compositions of the complexes have been established by elemental analyses, IR, UV&n
dash;vis,
1H and
13C-NMR spectral data. The structural confirmation has been carried out by X-ray crystallography. The structures show anti-symmetric metallacycle in the dimer and N,O/N,S bridging arrangement. The dimer [Pd(A
1)(μ-N,X)]
2 shows strong Pd
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Pd interaction (A
1