title: Isolation of an [SNS]Pd(II) pincer with a water ladder and its Suzuki coupling activity in water.
abstract: A water-compatible Pd(ii) pincer with a hybrid [SNS]-donor set, [L(1)PdCl]Cl.2H(2)O [L(1) = bis-(2-(i-butylsulfanyl)-ethyl)-amine] has been isolated and crystallographically characterized; its solid lattice at 223 K contains a ladder-like water polymer of tetramers and extensive H-bonding exists among the cation, anion and water cluster, and this water-soluble complex is active in Suzuki-Miyaura coupling of phenylboronic acid and selected aryl bromides in water at 75 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, 117543, Singapore.
authors.forename: Shi-Qiang
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: T S Andy
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Hor