Psyllaki EleftheriaΨυλλακη ΕλευθεριαBardwell David A.Crossle John G.Orpen, A. GuyJeffer John C.Tilley Elizabeth E. M.2024-10-312024-10-3119942015-09-24D. A. Bardwell, J. G. Crossley, J. C. Jeffery, A. G. Orpen, E. Psillakis, E. E. Tilley, M. D Ward, "A study of crystal packing in a series of closely related square-planar palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes, " Polyhendron, vol. 13, no. 15–16, pp. 2291–2300, Aug. 1994. doi: 10.1016/S0277-5387(00)88139-5https://dspace.library.tuc.gr/handle/123456789/723The crystal structures of the series of four-coordinate complexes [PdL1Cl) · CH2Cl2 (1·CH2Cl2), [PtL1Cl]·CH2Cl2 (2·CH2Cl2), [PdL3Cl][PF6 · CH2Cl2 (3 · CH2Cl2) and [PdL4Cl][PF6 (4) [HL1 = 6-(2-hydroxyphenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine; L3 = 6-(2-dimethylaminophenyl)-2,2′-bipyridine; L4 = 2-(2-dimethylaminophenyl)-1,10-phenanthroline] are compared and contrasted to examine the extent to which aromatic π-stacking interactions contribute to crystal packing. Complexes 1 and 2 have very similar planar molecular structures but stack in different ways; molecules of 1 form a linear stack in which overlap of the aromatic ligands is maximized between adjacent molecules and there is no PdPd interaction, whereas in 2 there are axial PtPt interactions within the linear stack but less overlap between adjacent aromatic ligands.10 pagesenhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Crystal packingPeer-Reviewed Journal Publication