Reactions of [Pd
2Cl
2(
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-dppm)
2] with RMgX (R = Me, Et, Bu, Ph, C
6H
4Me-4) at lowtemperature, followed by addition of CBr
4 and excess NH
4PF
6 or 1 equiv of TlPF
6, providedhalide-bridged organopalladium A-frame complexes of the form [Pd
2R
2(
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-X)(
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-dppm)
2]PF
6.Mixed metal complexes were obtained similarly starting from [PdPtCl
2(
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-dppm)
2]. Unsymmetrical A-frames of the type [Pd
2(C
6H
2Me
3-2,4,6)R(
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-Cl)(
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-dppm)
2]
+ were generated byreaction of [Pd(C
6H
2Me
3-2,4,6)(dppm)
2]
+ (obtained by treatment of [PdCl
2(cod)] with mesitylmagnesium bromide at low temperature, followed by 2 equiv of dppm) with [Pd
2R
2(
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-Cl)
2(AsPh
3)
2]. The organopalladium A-frames did not react readily with CO, but thecorresponding acyl derivatives [Pd
2(COR)
2(
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-Cl)(
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-dppm)
2]PF
6 were produced by carbonylation of [Pd
2R
2(
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-Cl)
2(AsPh
3)
2] followed by addition of dppm (R = Me, Et, Bn). Thermaldecomposition of [Pd
2(CH
2Ph)
2(
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-Cl)(
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-dppm)
2]Cl was found to be first order in A-frame andresulted in quantitative formation of [Pd
2Cl
2(
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-dppm)
2] and 1,2-diphenylethane. The methyland aryl complexes underwent both reductive elimination and hydrogen abstraction reactions.[Pd
2Et
2(
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-Br)(
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-dppm)
2]PF
6 decomposed by
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-hydride elimination and subsequent reductiveelimination to yield ethene and ethane, whereas the butyl derivative gave both 1- and2-butene. Acetic acid was formed when [Pd
2(COMe)
2(
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-Cl)(
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-dppm)
2]PF
6 was heated in dmso-
d6 solution, but decarbonylation was the predominant process in dioxane. The molecularstructures of [Pd
2(CH
2Ph)
2(
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-Br)(
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-dppm)
2]PF
6·H
2O,2C
6H
6 and [Pd
2Cl
2(
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-Cl)(
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-dppm)
2]OH·0.5(CH
3)
2CO are also described.