title: (eta2-tetracyanoethene)bis(triphenylphosphine-kappaP)palladium-dichloromethane (1/0.7).
abstract: The title compound, [Pd(C(6)N(4))(C(18)H(15)P)(2)].0.7CH(2)Cl(2), shows a planar coordination geometry around the metal atom that is an almost perfect isosceles triangle if the tetracyanoethene (tcne) ligand is deemed to occupy a single coordination site. The framework of the tcne ligand shows small distortions due to intramolecular steric contacts between the C[triple-bond]N groups and phenyl rings of the triphenylphosphine ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds LS2 9JT, England.
authors.forename: Zoe
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shackleton
authors.forename: Colin A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kilner
authors.forename: Gavin D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: Malcolm A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Halcrow