The reaction of PdCl
2(dippe), wheredippe = 1,2-bis(diisopropylphosphino)ethane, with2equiv of KBEt
3H in toluene generates the binuclearpal
ladiu
m(0) derivative[(dippe)Pd]
2(
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4) in 35% yield; alternatively, the reaction of[(
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3-C
4H
7)Pd]
2(
mages/entities/
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2with MeONa inthe presence of 3 equiv of dippe generates
4 as well.Mechanistic studies on the atte
mptedfor
mation of
mixed binuclear co
mplexes are reported as well as the useof
4 as a catalyst forthe reductive dechlorination of chloroarenes. Analysis of thesecond-order [AB
2]
2 spin syste
mwas acco
mplished by iteration of the 202.47 MHz
31P{
1H} NMR spectru
m of
4;the solutionstructure
and the solid-state structures are found to be very nearlyidentical.