Tellurium-chlorine secondary interactions in palladium(II) complex of MeOC6H4TeCH2CH2NHCH(CH3)C6H4-2-OH resulting in self-assembled bimolecular aggregates with short palladium-palladium distances

A non-Schiff base (Te, N, O) ligand MeOC6 H4TeCH2CH2NHCH(CH3)C6H4–2–OH (LH) having a chiral center and its palladium(II) complex [PdClL]·CH2Cl2 (1) have been synthesized. Both have characteristic 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The single crystal structure of the complex 1 has been determined by X-ray diffraction methods. The monoclinic crystals of 1 (space group P21/n) have a=14.581(5) Å, b=13.160(5) Å and c=20.249(5) Å, β=99.398(5)°. The TeCl secondary interactions [3.303(2)–3.352(2) Å] between two nearly square planar palladium complex molecules results in a bimolecular aggregate having a PdPd distance 3.203(1) Å. The Pd–Te, Pd–N and Pd–O bond lengths are 2.5005(7)/2.4914(7), 2.060(4)/2.061(4) and 2.054(3)/2.044(3) Å, respectively.