Dichlorido[1-(1-naphthylmethyl)-3-(2-pyridyl)-1H-pyrazole-κ2N2,N3]palladium(II)

Abstract

In the title compound, [PdCl2(C19H15N3)], the PdII centre is four-coordinated by two N-atom donors from one 1-[3-(2-pyridyl)pyrazol-1-ylmethyl]naphthalene (L) ligand and by two Cl atoms in a distorted square-planar coordination geometry. In the crystal structure, adjacent PdII mononuclear units form intermolecular C—H...π interactions involving the benzene and pyridine rings of different L ligands and π–π stacking interactions between the pyrazolyl-pyridine and naphthalene rings of neighbouring L ligands, with a centroid–centroid separation of 3.522 (1) Å.