(2,2′-Bipyridine-κ2N,N′)(4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine-κ2N,N′)palladium(II) bis(trifluoromethanesulfonate)

Abstract

In the title complex salt, [Pd(C10H8N2)(C12H12N2O2)](CF3SO3)2, the palladium(II) atom is fourfold coordinated by two chelating ligands, 2,2′-bipyridine and 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine, in a distorted square-planar environment. In the crystal, weak π–π stacking interactions between the 2,2′-bipyridine rings [centroid-to-centroid distances = 3.8984 (19) Å] and between the 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine rings [centroid-to-centroid distances = 3.747 (18) Å] contribute to the alignment of the complex cations in columns parallel to the b-axis direction.

Keywords

• crystal structure
• palladium(ii) complex
• square-planar coordination environment
• 2,2′-bipyridine
• 4,4′-dimethoxy-2,2′-bipyridine
• trifluoromethanesulfonate salt
• τ4 descriptor