Determination of the absolute configuration of the asymmetric nitrogen atom in (+)-D-[SC,RN)-N-methyl-N-isopropyl-α-methyl-benzylaminato-2C,N]-(acetylacetonato-O,O-palladium(II) by x-ray crystallographic analysis

Conclusions By x-ray crystallographic analysis of (+)-D-(S^C,R^N)-N-methyl-N-isopropyl-o-methyl-benzylaminato-2C,N]-(acetylacetonato-O,O)palladium(II) it was established that with the S configuration of the asymmetric carbon center the adjacent nitrogen atom is fixed in the R configuration during coordination with the metal. Attractive interaction was detected between the H atom of one of the Me groups of theN-isopropyl substituent and the palladium atom. It was shown that it has a stabilizing effect on the ortho-palladized metal ring.Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 8, pp. 1807–1813, August, 1986.