trans-Dichloridobis[diphen­yl(thio­phen-2-yl)phosphane-κP]palladium(II)

Burgoyne, A.R.; Meijboom, R.; Chiririwa, H.; Kirsten, L.

doi:10.1107/S160053681201478X

Volume 68
Part 5
Page m588
May 2012

Received 3 April 2012
Accepted 4 April 2012
Online 13 April 2012

Key indicators
Single-crystal X-ray study
T = 100 K
Mean (C-C) = 0.007 Å
Disorder in main residue
R = 0.051
wR = 0.111
Data-to-parameter ratio = 18.9
Details

trans-Dichloridobis[diphenyl(thiophen-2-yl)phosphane-P]palladium(II)

Andrew R. Burgoyne,^a Reinout Meijboom,^a ^* Haleden Chiririwa ^a and Leo Kirsten ^a

^aResearch Centre for Synthesis and Catalysis, Department of Chemistry, University of Johannesburg, PO Box 524 Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
Correspondence e-mail: rmeijboom@uj.ac.za

The title compound, trans-[PdCl₂(C₁₆H₁₃PS)₂], forms a monomeric complex with a trans-square-planar geometry. The Pd-P bond lengths are 2.3387 (11) Å, as the Pd atom lies on an inversion point, while the Pd-Cl bond lengths are 2.2950 (12) Å.

Related literature

For a review on related compounds, see: Spessard & Miessler (1996). For the synthesis of the starting materials, see: Drew & Doyle (1990). For (R₃P)₂PdCl₂ compounds with consanguinities, see: Muller & Meijboom (2010); Meijboom (2011); Burgoyne et al. (2012); Ogutu & Meijboom, (2011). For their applications, see: Bedford et al. (2004).

Experimental

Crystal data

[PdCl₂(C₁₆H₁₃PS)₂]
M_r = 713.91
Monoclinic, P 2₁ /n
a = 9.019 (2) Å
b = 18.427 (4) Å
c = 9.658 (2) Å
= 110.14 (4)°
V = 1507.0 (7) Å³
Z = 2
Mo K radiation
= 1.06 mm^-1
T = 100 K
0.20 × 0.20 × 0.16 mm

Data collection

Bruker X8 APEXII 4K KappaCCD diffractometer
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2007) T_min = 0.812, T_max = 0.841
20792 measured reflections
3747 independent reflections
3591 reflections with I > 2(I)
R_int = 0.019

Refinement

R[F² > 2(F²)] = 0.051
wR(F²) = 0.111
S = 1.19
3747 reflections
198 parameters
40 restraints
H-atom parameters constrained
_max = 1.54 e Å^-3
_min = -1.49 e Å^-3

Data collection: APEX2 (Bruker, 2007); cell refinement: SAINT-Plus (Bruker, 2007); data reduction: SAINT-Plus and XPREP (Bruker, 2007); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: DIAMOND (Brandenburg & Putz, 2005); software used to prepare material for publication: WinGX (Farrugia, 1999).

Supplementary data and figures for this paper are available from the IUCr electronic archives (Reference: HB6729 ).

Acknowledgements

ARB thanks the University of Johannesburg and the South African National Research Foundation for financial support.

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