Molecular and Crystal Structure of Di(μ-N,S-thiocyanato)-bis[(N,N-dimethylbenzylamine-C²,N)palladium(II)]

Abstract

The cyclopalladated complex [Pd(C²,N-dmba)(μ-SCN)]₂, where dmba = N,N-dimethylbenzylamine, was structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. This compound crystallizes in the monoclinic system, space group P2₁/n with a = 9.578(1)Å, b = 12.323(2)Å, c = 10.279(2)Å, β = 117.03(1)°, V = 1080.7(3)ų, Z = 2. Each Pd(II) center displays a distorted square-planar coordination environment, formed by the C and N atoms from the dmba ligand, and one set of N and S atoms from the bridging SCN groups.