The reaction between bis(M-chloro)bis[(i?)-l-[(dimethylamino)ethyl]naphthylenyl-C2,lV]dipalladium(II) and 2 mol of the bidentate Ph2PCH2CH2SMe gave a pair of internal diastereomeric complex cations arising from the coordinated sulfur stereocenter. The hexafluorophosphate salt of the diastereomeric mixture crystallizes as a compound with [a]D -35°( CH2C12) in the triclinic space group PI with a = 7.8690 (10) A, b = 17.837 (2) A, c = 21.830 (2) A, a = 82.86 (1)°, ß = 87.19 (1)°, y = 83.39 (1)°, and Z = 4 (R = 0.0412 and Rw = 0.0666). In solution, the complexes exhibit facile intramolecular asymmetric equilibration between diastereomers epimeric at sulfur at room temperature. A coalescence temperature of -90 °C was recorded for the interconversion by variable-temperature NMR spectroscopy. Similar behavior was observed for analogous complexes of Ph2AsCH2CH2SMe and
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