Reaction of the bidentate ligand2,2'-methylenebis(5-(dimethylamino)aniline) (
2, L)with PdCl
2 and K
2PtCl
4andthe bidentate ligand 2,2'-methylenebis(5-(acetylamino)aniline(
5, L') with K
2PtCl
4 in polarsolvents gave thecomplexes [PdCl
2(L)] (
6),[PtCl
2(L)] (
8), and[(L')PtCl
2] (
7), respectively.Treatment of
2 withK
2PtCl
4 in thepresence of DMSO resulted in the solvolysis of a chloride ion to give[(L)Pt(Cl)(DMSO)]Cl (
9). Theresultingeight-membered metallocyclic rings have rigid elongated chairconformations forcing one of the two bridgingmethylene hydrogens (H
endo) in close proximity to the metalcentre. An
1H NMR study revealed that theyarenow diastereomeric (H
endo, H
exo); the higherfield signal position does not vary irrespective of the ligand ormetal,whereas the proton corresponding to the lower field signal isapparently more sensitive to the metal coordinationenvironment. The ability of this spectroscopic probe to predictthe bonding mode of the metal was also studiedby reacting
2 withK[PtCl
3(C
2H
4)]·H
2Oto give[Pt
2(
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-L)Cl
4(C
2H
4)
2](
10), which occurred irrespective of theL/Pt ratio. The corresponding methylene hydrogens were notdiastereomeric, showing only one singlet in the
1HNMR spectrum. Crystal structures of
6 and
9have been determined:
6 is triclinic, space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
a = 10.179(2)Å,
b = 12.136(2) Å,
c = 9.686(2)Å,
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= 97.79(1)
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,
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= 95.98(2)
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,
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=78.02(1)
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,
V = 1156.1(4),
Z = 2,and
R = 0.034;
9 is triclinic, space group
P![](/images/entities/onemacr.gif)
,
a = 12.348(1) Å,
b= 12.407(1) Å,
c = 10.159(1) Å,
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=103.02(1)
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,
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= 104.87(2)
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,
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= 117.09(1)
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,
V =1313.0(3),
Z = 2, and
R =0.035.