Dimeric palladium and platinum complexes isolated in Lewis-acidic media

Binuclear dipalladium(I) and diplatinum(I) arene complexes were isolated and structurally characterised. It was also established that toluene ligands in the dipalladium(II) complex can be readily substituted by naphthalene, whereas the reaction with Pd(PPh3)4 leads to the formation of a dipalladium(II) μ-diphenylphosphido compound, most likely also involving a bridging μ-H− ligand.