1H NMR Direct Observation of Enantiomeric Exchange in Palladium(II) and Platinum(II) Complexes Containing N,N' Bidentate Aryl-pyridin-2-ylmethyl-amine Ligands
The complexes [MCl2(G SRC="/images/gifchars/kappa.gif" BORDER=0 >2-N~N')] (N~N' = 2-C5H4N-CH2-NHAr; Ar = 4-MeC6H4, a; 2,6-Me2C6H3, b; 4-MeOC6H4,c; 4-CF3C6H4, d; M = Pd, 1a-d; Pt, 2a-d) have been prepared and fully stereochemically characterized both inthe solid state and in solution. Their behavior in DMSO-d6 solution is dependent on the substituents of the arylgroup and on the metal. Complexes of palladium with substituents at the para position (1a, 1c, 1d) display adynamic 1H NMR pattern when the solutions are heated. An enantiomeric exchange Sges/gifchars/lambda.gif" BORDER=0 >/Rges/gifchars/delta.gif" BORDER=0 > is suggested to explainsuch behavior. On the basis of the calculated negative ges/gifchars/Delta.gif" BORDER=0 >Sges/entities/thermod.gif"> values, an associative mechanism involving the solventis proposed. Under the same conditions, analogous complexes of platinum (2a, 2c, 2d) proved to be unstable, andrelease of the N~N' ligand was observed. Complexes 1b and 2b show temperature-variable 1H NMR spectrawithout any evidence accounting for enantiomeric exchange or decoordination. DFT calculations on models of 1aand 1b show that diastereomeric exchange Sges/gifchars/delta.gif" BORDER=0 >/Sges/gifchars/lambda.gif" BORDER=0 > is a process where the complex with the higher sterical hindrance,1b, has a lower energy barrier.