Palladium complexes high nuclearity

Their number, however, is small compared to the rich cluster chemistry found for other transition metals, possibly because of the lower stability of palladium carbonyls. High nuclearity clusters are dealt with in another article (see Polynuclear Organometallic Cluster Complexes). 

Carbonylation of different palladium complexes, often in the presence of phosphines, led to the synthesis of a variety of clusters including halocarbonyl clusters of unknown nucle-arity [PdX(CO)] (X = Cl, Br), and phosphine-carbonyl clusters from tetrameric [Pd4(CO)s(PR3)4] to high nuclear-ity compounds such as [Pd38(/r -CO)4(/u. -CO)24(PEt3)i2]. From these preformed clusters, nanosized cluster compounds of higher nuclearity such as [Pd69(CO)36(PEt3)ig] can be prepared. ... 

By this time, substantial experience in the synthesis of low-valence noble metal complexes in the form of non-crystalline, colloid-like samples has been accumulated. For instance, a series of amorphous, high-molecular weight palladium complexes, which had remarkable catalytic capability, had been obtained starting from low-nuclearity Pd(I) clusters and Pd(II) complexes. ... 

The first mixed-metal cluster of Os-Pd, [Os6Pd(bipy)(CO)i8], was reported in 1994, and since then a variety of mixed-metal cluster that contain various Os Pd ratios have been created. Palladium-pyridine complexes appear to be useful reagents in the synthesis of mixed-metal clusters with osmium carbonyl compounds. " The reaction of the coordinately unsaturated cluster [Os3(yu-H)2(CO)io] with [Pd(NH3)2l2] afforded a number of Os-Pd clusters with a high hydride content. " Both palladium phosphine and bidentate phosphine complexes are useful in the preparation of high-nuclearity mixed-metal clusters. The reaction of [Os3(/i-H)2(CO)io] with [Pd2(/i-dppm)2Cl2] gave 258 and 259, in addition to 260, with the same metal core, " in which the molecule contains a twofold symmetry axis. " " ... 

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