文摘
The highly reactive palladium-centered radical cluster [Pd3(dppm)3(CO)]+ exhibits only a limitedstability in solution at room temperature (about an hour). This stability can be extended significantly toseveral hours by adding organic substrates such as the symmetric and asymmetric alkynes Ph-CC-Hand MeO2C-CC-CO2Me, which reversibly bind to the Pd3 triangle. The presence of the substrateinside the cavity protects the palladium centers from reacting with the "outside world", hence enhancingthe stability. Both adducts are stable as the cluster is always totally recovered. The paramagnetic complexesalong with their corresponding dications were characterized by EPR, variable-temperature 31P NMR,UV-vis and MALDI-TOF spectroscopy, and electrochemistry. For the MeO2C-CC-CO2Me/[Pd3(dppm)3(CO)]2+ complex, the analysis of the low-temperature 31P NMR spectra strongly suggests a majorstructure modification of the ligand and substrate with respect to the starting materials.