Abstract
One of the title compounds, the chiral Schiff base (S)-(-)-1-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-N-[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]ethan-1-amine (C(14)H(13)ClN(2)) crystallizes in the monoclinic Sohncke space group P2(1) with one mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. The ligand is obtained by condensation of (S)-(-)-1-(4-chloro-phen-yl)ethan-1-amine with 2-pyridine-carboxaldehyde. Its palladium(II) chloride complex, cis-di-chlorido-{(S)-(-)-1-(4-chloro-phen-yl)-N-[(pyridin-2-yl)methyl-idene]ethan-1-amine-κ(2) N,N'}palladium(II), [PdCl(2)(C(14)H(13)ClN(2))], crystallizes in the ortho-rhom-bic Sohncke space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with one mol-ecule in the asymmetric unit. The central Pd(II) atom adopts a slightly distorted square-planar coordination environment, defined by two nitro-gen donors (pyridyl-N and imine-N) and two chlorido ligands in a cis arrangement.