Palladium mediated C–H bond activation of thiosemicarbazones: Catalytic application of organopalladium complexes in C–C and C–N coupling reactions

Upon reaction with Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 benzaldehyde thiosemicarbazone undergoes a geometrical change around the imine bond and affords a mixed-ligand complex 1, incorporating an NS-coordinated thiosemicarbazone, a triphenylphosphine and a chloride. Similar reactions with benzophenone thiosemicarbazone and acetophenone thiosemicarbazone proceed without any geometrical change to afford complexes 2 and 3 respectively, containing a CNS-coordinated...