The condensation reaction of 1,2-bis(2 0 -aminophenoxy)benzene with 2pyridinecarbaldehyde in a mole ratio of 1:2 gives a new Schiff base ligand (L). Four Schiff base complexes, CoL(NO 3 ) 2 (1), NiLCl 2 (2), ZnL(NO 3 ) 2 (3) and Pd 2 LCl 4 (4) have been prepared by direct reaction of the ligand (L) and appropriate metal salts. The Schiff base ligand (L) has been characterized by IR, 1 H NMR and 13 C NMR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. Also, all complexes have been characterized by IR and XRD spectroscopy techniques and elemental analysis. The synthesized complexes have very poor solubility in all polar and non-polar solvents such as: H 2 O, MeOH, EtOH, CH 3 CN, DMSO, DMF, CHCl 3 , CH 2 Cl 2 , THF, etc; therefore, they have been used as heterogeneous catalysts. Catalytic performance of the complexes was studied in oxidation of thioanisole using hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) as the oxidant. Various factors including the reaction temperature, amount of oxidant and catalyst amount were optimized. The palladium Schiff base complex, Pd 2 LCl 4 (4), shows better catalytic activity than other complexes. Therefore, the Pd(II) Schiff base complex has been used as a catalyst for oxidation of different sulfides to their corresponding sulfones in acetonitrile with hydrogen peroxide as the oxidant. The palladium Schiff base complex, Pd 2 LCl 4 (4), has shown a very good recyclability, up to five times, without any appreciable decreases in catalytic activity and selectivity.
Four Ru–Pd heterobimetallic complexes, each one in two different coordination modes (NNSS and NS) were prepared of dialkyldithiooxamidate ligands. All stable NS complexes showed anti-proliferative activity.
Oxidative addition of 2-phenylethylbromide (PhCH 2 CH 2 Br) to dimethylplatinum(II) complexes [PtMe 2 (NN)] (1a, NN = 2,2′-bipyridine (bpy); 1b, NN = 1,10-phenanthroline (phen)) afforded the new organoplatinum(IV) complexes [PtMe 2 (Br)(PhCH 2 CH 2 )(bpy)], as a mixture of trans (2a) and cis (3a) isomers, and [PtMe 2 (Br)(PhCH 2 CH 2 )(phen)], as a mixture of trans (2b) and cis (3b) isomers, respectively. The new Pt(IV) complexes were readily characterized using multinuclear ( 1 H and 13 C) NMR spectroscopy and elemental microanalysis. The crystal structure of 2a was further determined using X-ray crystallography indicating an octahedral geometry around the platinum centre. A comparison of reactivity of RCH 2 Br reagents (R = CH 3 , Ph or PhCH 2 ) in their oxidative addition reactions with complex 1a, with an emphasis on the effects of the R groups of alkyl halides, was also conducted using density functional theory.
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