Synthesis and X-ray crystal structure determination of monomeric cis-Pd(2,2′-bipyridine)(NO3)2

Complex cis-Pd(2,2′-bipyridine)(NO3)2 was synthesized by the reaction of cis-Pd(2,2′-bipyridine)Cl2 with AgNO3 in water and crystallized by vapor diffusion of diethyl ether into an acetonitrile solution of the complex. The crystal structure obtained shows that each of the two nitrate ligands are coordinated through oxygen atoms to the Pd(2,2′-bipyridine)2+ center in unidentate fashion. IR and 1H NMR spectral data were also obtained.