The allyl complex di-mu-chloro-bis{[(1,2,3-eta)-1-(ethoxycarbonyl)-5,5-dimethyl-4-oxohexenyl]palladium(II)}

The title compound, di-mu-chloro-bis{[(2,3,4-eta)-ethyl 6,6-dimethyl-5-oxoh ept-2-enoato]palladium(II)}, [Pd2Cl2(C11H17O3)(2)], is a binuclear chloro-b ridged palladium allyl complex that was obtained serendipitously from the r eaction of ethyl 6,6-dimethyl-2-hepten-4-ynoate with Na2PdCl4 in water-cont aining alcohol. The allyl group is substituted with an ester and a tert-but ylcarboxy group. The dimeric molecules link via C-H ... O contacts into a t wo-dimensional network parallel to the bc plane.