1H n.m.r. studies of palladium(II) complexes of 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline and 8-hydroxyquinoline

Summary The structures in solution of a series of palladium(II) complexes have been determined by¹H n.m.r. and i.r. spectroscopy. Dicyanobis-(8-hydroxyquinoline)palladium(II) has acis-square-planar configuration, the unidentate 8-hydroxyquinoline molecules bonding to Pd through the nitrogen atoms. Dicyanobis-(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline)-palladium(II) has acis-square planar arrangement about Pd with respect to the nitrogen atoms of the two heterocyclic ligands. The cyanide groups bond to the two apical positions apparently giving rise to a six-coordinate PdlI atom. Dihalo-2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthrolinepalladium(II) (X = Cl, Br, I) exhibits the usualcis-square-planar arrangement of Pd^II, whereas the halobis-(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline) - palladium(II) ion (X = Cl, Br) has a trigonal bipyramidal structure with the halogen atom in the trigonal plane.