Unprecedented eight-palladium(I) crown-cycle with metal-metal unsupported bonds

Chem Commun (Camb). 2004 Aug 7:(15):1712-3. doi: 10.1039/b405532b. Epub 2004 Jun 28.

Abstract

Tri(N-pyrrolyl)phosphine reacted with the sigma/pi complex [Pd(mu-Cl)(COD-MeO)]2 to give the octa-cycle [Pd(mu-Cl)[P(pyrl)3]]8 containing four Pd(I)-Pd(I) unbridged bonds.