Reaction of Pd(AcO)
2 with the S
chiff base ligands 2-Br-4,5-(OCH
2O)C
6H
2C(H)
N(Cy) (
a) and 4,5-(OCH
2CH
2)C
6H
3C(H)
N(Cy) (
b) leads to the cyclometallated compounds [Pd{2-Br-4,5-(OCH
2O)C
6HC(H)
N(Cy)-
C6,
N}(μ-O
2CMe)]
2 (
1a) and [Pd{4,5-(OCH
2CH
2)C
6H
2C(H)
N(Cy)-
C6,
N}(μ-O
2CMe)]
2 (
1b), respectively, via C–H
activation. Treatment of
a with Pd
2(dba)
3 gave [Pd{4,5-(OCH
2O)C
6H
2C(H)
N(Cy)-
C2,
N}(μ-Br)]
2 (
6a), via C–Br
activation. The metathesis reaction of
1a and
1b with aqueous sodium
chloride gave the corresponding cyclopalladated dimers with bridging
chloride ligands,
2a and
2b, respectively. Treatment of the halogen-bridged compounds with tertiary tri- and diphosphines in the appropriate molar ratio gave the mono and dinuclear compounds
3a–
5a,
7a–
9a and
3b–
5b. The structure of compounds
3a,
4a,
5a,
8a,
2b,
3b and
5b has been determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.