title: trans-Dichloridobis(triphenyl-phosphane-κP)palladium(II) benzene hemisolvate.
abstract: The title complex, [PdCl(2)(C(18)H(15)P)(2)]·0.5C(6)H(6), has the Pd(II) ion in a square-planar coordination mode (r.m.s. deviation for Pd, P and Cl atoms = 0.024 Å) with the PPh(3) and Cl ligands mutually trans. The benzene solvent mol-ecule is located about a crystallographic inversion centre. The title complex is isostructural with trans-dichloridobis(triphenyl-phosphane)-palladium(II) 1,4-dichloro-benzene sesquisolvate [Kitano et al. (1983 ▶). Acta Cryst. C39, 1015-1017].
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 7, 60438 Frankfurt am Main,  Germany.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Meyer-Wegner
authors.forename: Hans-Wolfram
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sinke
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolte