Inorganic Chemistry, Vol.36, No.17, 3784-3786, 1997
Synthesis and molecular structure of the first metal complex of an analogue of guanine with Pd-II-C(8) binding
The reaction of cis-[PdCl2(PPh3)(2)] with 8-(methylthio)-theophylline (HL) leads to the formation of trans-[PdCl(L)(PPh3)(2)], an N(7)-Pd-bonded complex, which under mild conditions converts into the mixed-ligand complex trans-[Pd(L')(PPh3)(2)] (HL' is theophylline). Noteworthy, the latter represents the first example of a C(8)-Pd-bonded complex.