The bis(N-ylide) Pd
II complexes
cis-[PdX
2{
2-[C(H)NC
xH
y]
2CO}] (X = I, NC
xH
y = NC
5H
5,
2a; X = Br, NC
xH
y =NC
5H
5 and NC
5H
3-2,3-Me
2,
2c, isoquinolinium NC
9H
7,
2d) have been prepared by reaction of the correspondingbis-pyridinium salts with Pd(OAc)
2 (1:1 molar ratio). Compounds
2 react with AgClO
4 and Tl(acac) (1:1:1 molarratio) to give the acetylacetonato derivatives [Pd(acac-O,O'){
2-[C(H)NC
xH
y]
2CO}]ClO
4 (
3a, c, d). In compounds
2 and
3, the bis-ylide is bonded as a C,C-chelate ligand through the two ylidic C
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atoms. The reaction isstereoselective, and only one diastereoisomer is observed (meso form, RS/SR). The origin of the observedstereoselectivity lies with the establishment of intramolecular C-H···O=C hydrogen bonds between the orthoprotons of the pyridine or isoquinoline fragments and the
carbonyl oxygen, as it has been shown by density functionaltheory (DFT) calculations (B3LYP level) and Bader analysis of the electron density on model pyridinium ylides.Despite the inherent weakness of the C-H···O=C bonds, the results show that in these N-ylides the hydrogenbonds are stronger than expected and should be classified as moderate H bonds.