2005)Ring-opening polymerization of cyclohexene oxide by a novel dicationic palladium catalyst, Designed Monomers and Polymers, 8:6,[571][572][573][574][575][576][577][578][579][580][581][582][583][584][585][586][587][588] To link to this article: http://dx.Abstract-The synthesis of a novel, air-and moistures table dicationic palladium (II) complex, Pd(CH 3 CON-(2-pyridyl) 2 )(CH 3 CN) 2+ 2 (PF − 6 ) 2 (1) is described. 1 crystallizes in the mononoclinic space group C2/m, a = 2391.11(4), b = 1063.34(5), c = 1137.59(6) pm, α = 90 • , β = 105.026(2) • , γ = 90 • , Z = 4. Its use in the ring-opening polymerization (ROP) of cyclohexene oxide in comparison to the parent catalyst, dichloropalladium di(pyrid-2-yl)amide (2) was investigated. In contrast to 2, 1 shows excellent reactivity in the ROP of cyclohexene oxide, allowing a class-II living polymerization, however, it fails to polymerize propylene oxide.