Dg. Holah et al., REACTIONS OF PALLADIUM(IV), BIS(DIPHENYLPHOSPHINO)METHANE (DPPM), ANDNABH4 IN THE PRESENCE OF CO STRUCTURE OF PD6(MU-2-CO)6(MU-DPPM)3, Organometallics, 12(12), 1993, pp. 4721-4722
The synthesis and structural characterization of the title compound ar
e reported. It is a new type of palladium(0) hexamer consisting of two
almost planar Pd3(mu2-CO)3P3 units bridged by the -CH2- groups of the
three dppm ligands in such a way that the two almost planar Pd3 units
are only approximately 10-degrees from being eclipsed.