Acta Cryst. (2003). E59, m618-m619  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536803015502 ]

trans-Di--chloro-bis[chloro(triphenylphosphine)palladium] benzene disolvate

C. Sui-Seng, F. Bélanger-Gariépy and D. Zargarian

Abstract: The title complex, trans-[PdCl₂(PPh₃)]₂, in the crystal structure of its benzene disolvate, [Pd₂Cl₄(C₁₈H₁₅P)₂]·2C₆H₆,occupies a special position in the inversion centre. The Pd atom has a distorted square-planar coordination environment formed by a triphenylphosphine [Pd-P 2.2278 (6) Å], a terminal chloride [Pd-Cl 2.2722 (7) Å], and two bridging chloride ligands. The Pd--Cl bond in the trans-position to the phosphine ligand [2.4128 (6) Å] is considerably longer than the Pd--Cl bond in the trans-position to the terminal chloride [2.3228 (6) Å].

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