REACTIVITY OF HYDROXO PALLADIUM AND PLATINUM COMPLEXES TOWARDS N-SUBSTITUTED SALICYLALDIMINES AND BETA-KETOIMINES

The binuclear hydroxo complexes [{M(C6F5)(2)(mu-OH)}(2-) (M = Pd and P t) react with N-substituted salicylaldimines (HSal=NR) or beta-ketoimi nes (RN=CMe-CH2COR') to give the corresponding N-substituted salicylal diminato or beta-ketoiminato mononuclear complexes, [M(C6F5)(2)(Sal=NR ])(-) (M = Pd or Pt; R = Me, Et, Ph, o-MeC6H4, p-MeC6H4 or p-ClC6H4) o r [(C6F5)(2)-M{N(R)C(CH3)CHC(O)R'}](-) (M = Pd or Pt; R = o-MeC6H4 or p-MeC6H4; R' = Me or Ph), respectively. The complexes have been charac terized by partial elemental analyses, conductance measurements and sp ectroscopic (i.r. and H-1 and F-19-n.m.r.) methods.