title: Perylene-tetrapalladium sandwich complexes.
abstract: Bis-perylene-tetrapalladium sandwich complexes are synthesized and structurally characterized. These are the first examples of bis-arene sandwich complexes having metal-metal bond chains. X-ray crystallographic analyses showed that the tetrapalladium chain is bound to perylene ligands at the C8 edge position.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Frontier Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. tetsu@chem.eng.osaka.u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tetsuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murahashi
authors.forename: Tomohito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa