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(eta2-tetracyanoethene)bis(triphenylphosphine-kappaP)palladium-dichloromethane (1/0.7)
Zoe Shackleton1, Colin A Kilner, Gavin D Reid
1Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, England.
Abstract:
The title compound, [Pd(C(6)N(4))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)].0.7CH(2)Cl(2), shows a planar coordination geometry around the metal atom that is an almost perfect isosceles triangle if the tetracyanoethene (tcne) ligand is deemed to occupy a single coordination site. The framework of the tcne ligand shows small distortions due to intramolecular steric contacts between the C[triple-bond]N groups and phenyl rings of the triphenylphosphine ligands.