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Palladium(ii) complexes of tetradentate donor-acceptor Schiff base ligands: synthesis and spectral, structural, thermal and NLO properties
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This report explores the synthesis and spectral, structural, thermal, electrochemical, linear and nonlinear (NLO) properties of unsymmetrically-substituted N2O2 tetradentate Schiff base proligand and related bi and trimetallic Pd-II complexes. The diprotic proligand Fc-C(and xe001;O)CHand xe001;C(4-C6H4OH)NH-CH2CH2Nand xe001;CH-(2-OH,4-CO2H-C6H3) (2, Fc = ferrocenyl = (eta(5)-C5H5)Fe(eta(5)-C5H4))), is synthetized by condensation of the 4-hydroxyphenyl-appended ferrocenylenaminone 1 with 4-formyl-3-hydroxybenzoic acid. The related Pd(ii) complexes, neutral bimetallic 3 and ionic trimetallic 4, were both prepared via a three-component one-pot template reaction involving the half unit 1, palladium acetate, the CO2H-functionalized salicylaldehyde and the organometallic salicylaldehyde [Cp*Ru(eta(6)-2-OH-C6H4CHO)]PF6, respectively (Cp* = eta(5)-C5Me5). Compounds 2-4 were isolated as colored air and thermally stable solids in 74-86% yields. They were thoroughly characterized using various physicochemical tools, such as CHN analyses, IR, UV-vis, H-1 and C-13 NMR spectroscopy, TGA and cyclic voltammetry. The molecular structures of 3 and 4 were authenticated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. In both 3 and 4, the four-coordinate palladium atom adopts a square planar geometry with two nitrogen and two oxygen atoms as donors occupying cis positions. Additionally in 4, the ferrocenyl and Cp*Ru+ moieties exhibit an anti-conformation with respect to the [Pd(N2O2] Schiff base platform. The electrochemical behavior of the two Pd(ii) complexes was investigated by cyclic voltammetry, showing in both cases a reversible redox process ascribed to the Fe(ii)/Fe(iii) couple of the dangling donor ferrocene. Compared to that for 3, the oxidation wave for 4 is anodically shifted by 30 mV, evidencing a greater electron accepting ability of Cp*Ru(+)vs. -CO2H. The second-order NLO responses of the push-pull derivatives 2-4 have been determined by harmonic light scattering measurements in N,N-dimethylformamide solutions at 1.91 mu m incident wavelength, and rather good quadratic hyperpolarisability beta values ranging from 120-160 x 10(-30) esu were determined.
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