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CrystEngComm, 2009, 11, 2344 - 2357, DOI: 10.1039/b905421a
The conformational polymorphism and weak interactions in solid state structures of ten new monomeric and dimeric substituted dibenzyldimethylammonium chloridopalladate salts
Anssi Peuronen, Manu Lahtinen and Jussi Valkonen
In this study, ten new dibenzyldimethyl/ethyl ammonium chloridopalladate(II) compounds with five different cations and two anions have been synthesized and a simple method for a synthesis, in which hydrochloric acid solutions are used, has been described. Furthermore, twelve structures including two polymorphs have been obtained from hydrochloric and methanol/acetonitrile solutions. The anion–cation and cation–cation interactions of the synthesized compounds have been studied mainly by means of single X-ray diffraction in order to study the effects of varying either the anion or the cations in these QA2PdCl4 and QA2Pd2Cl6 salts. The results indicate that the effects of intermolecular cation–cation
and C–H interactions induce distinct cation pairing in the structures where cations occupy the W-conformation. Moreover, the conformational changes in the cations, i.e. either the twisted/w conformations or parallel/antiparallel positions of the phenyl substituents, are found to induce polymorphism in these compounds. All structures are found to be stabilized by anion–cation C–HCl interactions.
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