(d
ippe)Pd(C
2H
4)
and (d
tbpe)Pd(C
2H
4) react with an excess of CO to afford the noveltetrahedral Pd
0-dicarbonyl complexes (d
ippe)Pd(CO)
2 (
1)
and (d
tbpe)Pd(CO)
2 (
2). PartialCO elimination from
2 yields dinuclear {(d
tbpe)Pd}
2(
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-CO) (
3), containing a single bridgingcarbonyl lig
and.
3 represents the smallest cluster containing the Pd
2(
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-CO) group
and, assuch, is also the simplest model compound for CO adsorption on a Pd(100) surface.Thermolysis of
3 produces a carbonyl-free product which is assumed to be the dinuclearspecies {(d
tbpe)Pd}
2 (
4). The molecular structures of
2 and 3 have been determined,
and thesolids are furthermore characterized by CP-MAS NMR spectra.