Palladium salicylaldimine complexes containing boronate esters

• DOI: 10.1007/s11243-004-2851-3
• Publication Date: 2005-02-10T13:30:32Z
• Authors: Haiwen Zhang; David W. Norman; Tracey M. Wentzell; Alison M. Irving; Janet P. Edwards; Susan L. Wheaton; Christopher M. Vo...; Stephen A. Westcott; Felix J. Baerlocher; Andreas Decken
• Keywords: Organometallic Chemistry

Reactions of salicylaldehydes with boronate ester derivatives of aniline have been examined. Addition of these Schiff base ligands to palladium acetate or Na2PdCl4 afforded novel boron-containing trans-bis(N-arylsalicylaldiminato) palladium complexes. Condensation of salicylaldehyde (2-HOC6H4C(O)H) with H2NC6H4Bpin (pin=1,2-O2C2Me4) afforded the boron-containing Schiff bases, 2-HOC6H4C(H)=NC6H4Bpin (1–3a). Similar reactivity with 2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzaldehyde and 2-hydroxy-1-naphthaldehyde gave the corresponding Schiff bases (1-3b) and (1-3c), respectively. Reaction of Schiff bases (2) and (3) with palladium acetate or Na2PdCl4 afforded complexes of the type PdL2 (4,5), where L=deprotonated Schiff base. The molecular structure of the nitro-salicylaldehyde 4-Bpin palladium complex (5b) was characterized by an X-ray diffraction study. All new palladium compounds have been characterized fully and tested for their antifungal activity against Aspergillus niger and Aspergillus flavus.