title: A five coordinate Pd(II) complex stable in solution and in the solid state.
abstract: The treatment of the strained complex TrpyPdOAc(F) 1 with NaBAr(F), followed by the addition of trimethylphosphine, yields the stable cationic 16VE- or 18VE-complexes 3 and 4, depending on the amount of phosphane added.