T. Tsubomura et al., PHOTOREACTIONS OF PALLADIUM PHOSPHINE COMPLEX WITH CHLOROALKANE - PRODUCTION OF ETHYLENE WITH 1,2-DICHLOROETHANE AND NOVEL PHOTOCHROMIC BEHAVIOR, Chemistry Letters, (4), 1994, pp. 661-664
Photoirradiation on [Pd-2(0)(dppm)(3)] (dppm = bis(diphenylphosphino)m
ethane) in 1,2-dichloroethane solution with visible light yields [(Pd2
Cl2)-Cl-I(dppm)(2)] (2) and ethylene quantitatively. Irradiation of 2
in various solutions shows interesting photochromic behavior.