New platinum(II) and palladium(II) quinoline-imine-pyridine, quinoline-imine-thiazole and quinoline-imine-imidazole complexes by metal-assisted condensation reactions

Pt(II) and Pd(II) methyl- and chloro-complexes with the tridentate N-donor ligands ((pyridin-2-yl) methylene)quinolin-8-amine (NNPy), ((pyridin-2-yl)ethylidene)quinolin-8-yl-amine (NNMePy), (phe- nyl(pyridin-2-yl)methylene)quinolin-8-yl-amine (NNPhPy), ((thiazol-2-yl)methylene)quinolin-8-amine (NNTh) and ((imidazol-4-yl)methylene)quinolin-8-amine (NNImH) were prepared by metal-assisted condensation of 8-aminoquinoline and an ortho-substituted aldehydo- or keto- N-heterocycle. Prelimi- nary reactivity studies involving the coordinated tridentate N-donors, the chloro-ligand and the M-CH3 bond were carried out, leading to the synthesis of several new complexes. During these studies, the formation of a novel five-coordinate Pt(II) carbonyl-complex was observed.