Several new Pd and Pd complexes supported by electronically and sterically tuned tetradentate pyridinophane ligands N4, N4, and N4 were isolated and fully characterized (N4: N,N'-dimethyl-2,11-diaza[3,3](2,6)-para-methoxypyridinophane; N4: N,N'-dimethyl-2,11-diaza[3,3](2,6)pyridinophane; N4: N,N'-di-tert-butyl-2,11-diaza[3,3](2,6)pyridinophane). Cyclic voltammetry studies, UV-vis and EPR spectroscopy, and X-ray crystallography were employed to reveal that the steric properties of the N-substituents of the N4 ligands have a pronounced effect on the electronic properties of the corresponding Pd complexes, while the electronic tuning of the ligand pyridyl groups has a surprisingly minimal effect. An explanation for these observations was provided by DFT and TD-DFT calculations which suggest that the electronic properties of the Pd complexes are mainly dictated by their frontier molecular orbitals that have major atomic contributions from the Pd center (mainly the Pd d atomic orbital) and the axial N atom donors.
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