The reaction of binary palladium carboxylates [Pd(RCOO)
2]
n
(R = CF
3 or CCl
3) with nitrogen monoxide was found to give trinuclear linear complexes Pd
3(NO)
2(μ-OCOR)
4(η
2-C
6H
5X)
2 (where R = CF
3, X = Me; R = CCl
3, X = H) containing a terminal bent NO group. These complexes, which were synthesized previously by a more complicated route,
were characterized by elemental analysis, IR and
1H NMR spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction.
Original Russian Text © R.E. Podobedov, T.A. Stromnova, 2008, published in Koordinatsionnaya Khimiya, 2008, Vol. 34, No. 10,
pp. 788–790.