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Acta Cryst. (2012). E68, m1563-m1564
[ doi:10.1107/S1600536812048556 ]

trans-Di--chlorido-bis{chlorido[tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl)phosphane-P]palladium(II)} dichloromethane monosolvate

W. L. Davis and A. Muller

Abstract: In the dimeric title compound, [Pd₂Cl₄{P(C₈H₉)₃}₂]·CH₂Cl₂, the metal complex molecule is situated about an inversion centre and is accompanied by a dichloromethane solvent molecule situated on a twofold rotation axis. The Pd^II atom has a slightly distorted square-planar coordination sphere. The effective cone angle for the tris(3,5-dimethylphenyl)phosphane ligand was calculated to be 169°. In the crystal, the metal complex and solvent molecules are linked via C-HCl interactions, generating chains along [10-2]. There are also C-H [pi] and weak [pi] - [pi] interactions present [centroid-centroid distance = 3.990 (2) Å, plane-plane distance = 3.6352 (15) Å and ring slippage = 1.644 Å], forming of a three-dimensional structure.