Crystal structure of [N,N′-bis­(4-methyl­phen­yl)-1,2-di­phenyl­ethane-1,2-di­imine-κ(2) N,N′]di­chlorido­palladium(II) methanol monosolvate

The title compound, [PdCl(2)(C(28)H(24)N(2))]·CH(3)OH, was pre­pared from the reaction of PdCl(2)(DMSO)(2) (DMSO is di­methyl sulfoxide) and N,N′-bis­(4-methyl­phen­yl)-1,2-di­phenyl­ethane-1,2-di­imine in methanol. The chelating di­imine core of the title compound deviates slightly from planarity, with an N—C—C—N torsion angle of 5.3 (3)°. Delocalization in the di­imine core is indicated by N—C and C—C bonds that are, respectively, longer and shorter than those found in related nonchelating di­imines. The distorted square-planar coordination environment around the Pd(II) atom is manifested as bond angles that are smaller and larger than 90°, and palladacycle torsion angles of −173.22 (16) and 167.06 (16)°. These deviations are attributed to the small bite angle of 79.13 (8)° of the di­imine chelate. The crystal packing exhibits weak inter­molecular hydrogen-bonding inter­actions involving aromatic H atoms, Cl atoms and inter­calated methanol solvent mol­ecules, defining layers parallel to (010).