Bis{1-[(E)-(2-methylphenyl)diazenyl]-2-naphtholato}palladium(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [Pd(C17H13N2O)2], the PdII atom is tetracoordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from two bidentate methylphenyldiazenylnaphtolate ligands, forming a square-planar complex. The two N atoms and two O atoms around the PdII atom are trans to each other (as the PdII atom lies on a crystallographic inversion centre) with O—Pd—N bond angles of 89.60 (11) and 90.40 (11)°. The distances between the PdII atom and the coordinated O and N atoms are 1.966 (3) and 2.009 (3) Å, respectively.