Palladium(ii) complexes with chiral organoantimony(iii) ligands. Solution behaviour and solid state structures

The chiral compound (2-Me2NCH2C6H 4)PhSbCl (1) was obtained from (2-Me2NCH2C 6H4)Li and PhSbCl2 in 1:1 molar ratio, while (2-Me2NCH2C6H4)Mes2Sb (2) was prepared from (2-Me2NCH2C6H 4)SbCl2 and MesMgBr in 1:2 molar ratio. The compounds 1 and 2 were used to obtain the Pd(ii)/stibine complexes: [Me2NHCH 2C6H5]+[PdCl3SbCl(Ph) (C6H4CH2NMe2-2)-Sb]- (3) and [PdCl2SbMes2(C6H4CH 2NMe2-2)-N,Sb] (4). All the compounds were characterized by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy in solution, elemental analysis, mass spectrometry and single-crystal X-ray diffraction studies. In compounds 1-3 the coordination geometry around the antimony atom is pseudo-trigonal bipyramidal, while in compound 4 a tetrahedral geometry around the antimony atom is observed. Theoretical calculations at the DFT level on compounds 1-4 were used in order to gain insight into the nature of the coordinative bonds