title: Covalent palladium-zinc bonds and their reactivity.
abstract: Photolysis of ((F)PNP)Pd-Et in the presence of Et(2)Zn leads to the formation of ((F)PNP)Pd-Zn-Pd(PNP(F)), the first example of a compound with a covalent Pd-Zn bond.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, MS 015, Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Claudia M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Fafard
authors.forename: Chun-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Bruce M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Foxman
authors.forename: Oleg V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Ozerov