A stable zerovalent palladium chain enveloped by a π-electron sheath of conjugated polyene ligands

Yasuki Tatsumi, Tetsuro Murahashi, Mitsue Okada, Sensuke Ogoshi, Hideo Kurosawa

Chemical Communications · 2008 · 50 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

A surprisingly stable homoleptic Pd(0)(4) chain complex of non-activated olefins was isolated and structurally characterized by X-ray crystallographic analysis, and the unique structure and bonding are compared to those of the corresponding dicationic [Pd(4)](2+) chain sandwich complex.

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