Synthesis and Characterization of a New 2,2′-Azoquinoxaline and its Complexeswith Platinum and Palladium

Abstract

Platinum and palladium dichlorides react readily with 2,2′-azoquinoxaline to give the di-μ-chloro-2,2′-azobis-(7,7′-bis-benzoyl-quinoxaline) diplatinum(II) and dipalladium(II) complexes. These crystalline complexes exhibit both metal-carbon binding and coordinate metal-nitrogene binding to azoquinoxaline.