Di­chlorido­(4-methyl­aniline-κN)[N-(4-methyl­phen­yl)-1-(thio­phen-2-yl)methanimine-κN]palladium(II)

The structure of a mono-amine Pd(II) complex, [PdCl(2)(C(7)H(9)N)(C(12)H(11)NS)], which crystallizes in the triclinic space group, P [Image: see text] , is reported. The primary geometry around the Pd(II) atom closely resembles square planar (τ(4)′ = 0.069). In the (E)-1-(thio­phen-2-yl)-N-(p-tol­yl)methanimine ligand, the phenyl and thio­phene rings are not coplanar, subtending a dihedral angle of 38.5 (1)° because of steric effects. The PdCl(2)N(2) coordination plane is almost perpendicular to the planes of the coordinated o-toluidine and the NC(2) fragment [dihedral angles of 84.7 (1) and 72.50 (4)°, respectively]. The Pd—NH(2) length of 2.040 (2) Å is slightly shorter than the observed mean value for other complexes involving a Pd atom attached to the nitro­gen of an aniline derivative. The mol­ecules display an inter­esting supra­molecular synthon based on reciprocal inter­molecular N–H⋯Cl hydrogen-bonding inter­actions of the p-toluidine amine fragment, which results in centrosymmetric dimeric units. These units are further linked by C—H⋯Cl inter­actions, resulting in chains in the c-axis direction where the mean-planes of the repeating fragment are oriented in the (110) plane.