The two-electron oxidation reactions of the neutral [(C
6F
5)
2M(
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-
PR
2)
2M'(NCCH
3)
2] (M = M' = Pt orPd, M = Pt, M' = Pd) com
plexes using I
2 as oxidant have been investigated by ex
perimental (R = Ph)and electronic structure calculation methods (R = H). It was found that a reductive cou
pling of PR
2 andC
6F
5 takes
place along the reaction
pathway for all oxidized com
plexes. The most salient structural featuresof the [(C
6F
5)
2Pt(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PR
2)
2Pd(C
6F
5)
2]
2-, [(C
6F
5)
2Pd(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PR
2)
2Pd(acac)]
-, and [(C
6F
5)
2Pt(
![](/images/entities/mgr.gif)
-PR
2)
2PtI
2] com
plexes(ex
perimental R = Ph) are re
produced very well by the B3LYP/lanl2dz calculations (R = H).