Volume 48, Issue 3 pp. 568-571
Communication

Planar Tetranuclear and Dumbbell-Shaped Octanuclear Palladium Complexes with Bridging Silylene Ligands

Tetsuyuki Yamada

Tetsuyuki Yamada

Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 45-924-5224

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Akane Mawatari

Akane Mawatari

Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 45-924-5224

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Makoto Tanabe Dr.

Makoto Tanabe Dr.

Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 45-924-5224

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Kohtaro Osakada Prof.

Kohtaro Osakada Prof.

Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503 (Japan), Fax: (+81) 45-924-5224

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Tomoaki Tanase Prof.

Tomoaki Tanase Prof.

Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoya-higashi-machi, Nara 630-8506 (Japan)

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First published: 29 December 2008
Citations: 52

This work was financially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for Young Chemists (No. 19750043), for Scientific Research (No. 1925008), and for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (No. 19027018), from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology Japan. We thank Rieko Kobayashi (Tokyo Institute of Technology) for experimental assistance.

Graphical Abstract

An uncommon structure: The novel title compounds (see scheme) were prepared and fully characterized. The tetranuclear complex contains a hexagonal Pd4Si3 core involving one central Pd atom, three outer Pd atoms, and three bridging Si atoms within the same plane, whereas the dumbbell-shaped octanuclear Pd complex is composed of two Pd4Si3 groups bridged by a diphosphine ligand.

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