Syntheses, characterization and properties of copper, silver and palladium complexes with oxazoline-containing ligands

Abstract The reactions of copper, silver and palladium salts with the homochiral ligands 3,3′-bis[( S , S )-4-isopropyl-2-oxazolyl]-4-chloro-2,2′-bipyridine (L 1 ), 3,3′-bis[( S , S )-4-benzyl-2-oxazolyl]-4-chloro-2,2′-bipyridine (L 2 ) and 2-[( S )-4-isopropyl-2-oxazolyl]quinoline (L 3 ) yield three new chiral complexes: [Cu(L 1 )Br 2 ] ( 1 ), [Ag(L 2 )(CH 3 CN)]·(BF 4 )·(CH 3 OH) 0.17 ·(H 2 O) 0.08 ( 2 ) and [Pd(L 3 )Cl 2 ]·(CH 3 COCH 3 ) 0.5 ( 3 ), which have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and elemental and thermogravimetric analyses. The complexes 1 – 3 display discrete mononuclear structures. Non-linear optical properties of complexes 1 – 3 were investigated.