Acta Crystallographica Section E (May 2010)
Di-μ-chlorido-bis[chlorido(dimethoxyphenylphosphine)palladium(II)]
Abstract
The title compound, [Pd2Cl4(C8H11O2P)2], is binuclear and disposed about a crystallographic centre of symmetry with a Pd...Pd distance of 3.4662 (17) Å. It has a similar geometry to that observed in the triphenylphosphite and triphenylphosphine analogues. The Pd—P bond length is ca 0.04 Å shorter than those in mononuclear PdCl2(P(OMe)2Ph)2, possibly due to the lower trans-influence of the bridging Cl− compared to a single-bonded Cl− atom.