Bis{2-methoxy-6-[(E)-(4-methylbenzyl)iminomethyl]phenolato}palladium(II) chloroform monosolvate
In the title complex, [Pd(C16H16NO2)2]·CHCl3, the PdIIcation lies on an inversion center. One Cl atom of the CHCl3solvent molecule lies on a twofold axis and the C—H group is disordered with equal occupancies about this axis with the other Cl atom in a general position with full occupancy. The PdIIcation is four-coordinate and adopts a square-planar geometryviacoordination of the imine N and phenolic O atoms of the two bidentate Schiff base anions. The N and O atoms of these ligands are mutuallytrans. The plane of the benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 73.52 (10)° with that of the methoxyphenolate ring. In the crystal, molecules of the PdIIcomplex are arranged into sheets parallel to theacplane, and the chloroform solvent molecules are located in the interstitial areas between the complex molecules. Weak intermolecular C—H...O and C—H...π interactions stabilize the packing.