Unprecedented eight-palladium(I) crown-cycle with metal-metal unsupported bonds.
Tri(N-pyrrolyl)phosphine reacted with the sigma/pi complex [Pd(mu-Cl)(COD-MeO)]2 to give the octa-cycle [Pd(mu-Cl)[P(pyrl)3]]8 containing four Pd(I)-Pd(I) unbridged bonds.
Departament de Quimica Inorganica, Universitat de Barcelona, Marti i Franques 1-11, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Inma
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Angurell
Isabel
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Martínez-Ruiz
Oriol
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Rossell
Miquel
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Seco
Pilar
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Gómez-Sal
Avelino
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Martin