Reaction of the intermediate [Pd 2( μ-dppm) 2] 2 which was prepared from [Pd 2( μ-dppm) 2X 2] (X = Cl, Br and I) and AgClO 4 in ethanol with 2-vinylpyridine (vpy) afforded dinuclear Pd(I) dppm complex [Pd 2( μ-dppm) 2(vpy)Cl] (1). When the intermediate [Pd 2( μ-dppm) 2] 2 was allowed to stand for a few days, tetranuclear Pd dppm complex [Pd 4 ( μ-dppm) 4( μ-X) 2](ClO 4) 2 (X = Cl (2), Br (3) and I (4)) was systematically formed. The structure for 1 and 2 were crystallographically determined. On complex 1 two Pd atoms are doubly bridged by two dppm ligands to form an eight-membered Pd 2P 4C 2 framework in a twist-chair conformation. Each Pd atoms is also coordinated by the Cl atom and the N atom of vpy in unsymmetrical side-by-side mode. The Pd–Pd distance is 2.597(2) Å and the torsion angle between two Pd 2P 2 plane is 43.2°. On the other hand four Pd atoms on 2 are bridged by four dppm ligands to form a rectangular Pd 4 core, which is composed of the shorter Pd–Pd separations (2.590(1) Å) and the close Pd · · · Pd separations (3.818(2) Å). The later Pd · · · Pd separation is also bridged by the Cl atom. The Pd–P distance (2.351(1) Å) bridging the close Pd · · · Pd separation is rather longer than that (2.238(2) Å) bridging the shorter Pd–Pd separation.
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