Polyfluorinated Pd(II)-3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylaldimenes complexes: Synthesis, structure, spectroscopy, redox behaviors and catalytic activity

► New bis(N-polyfluorophenyl-3,5-Bu2t-salicylaldiminato)palladium(II) complexes. ► Spectroscopic, redox reactivity and catalytic activity of the above complexes are reported. ► Bis-[N-(3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-2,3,4,5,6-pentafluoroaniline]Pd(II) has been structurally characterized.