The neutral compounds [Pt2{CH2C6H4P(o-tolyl)2-κC,P}2(μ-Rpz)2] (Rpz = pz (2a), 3,5-dmpz
(2b), 4-Mepz (2c)) react with AgClO4 in a 1:1 molar ratio to give the trinuclear compounds
[Pt2Ag{CH2C6H4P(o-tolyl)2-κC,P}2(μ-Rpz)2]ClO4 (Rpz = pz (4a), 3,5-dmpz (4b), 4-Mepz (4c)),
which contain two Pt−Ag bonds. The reaction of [Pd2{CH2C6H4P(o-tolyl)2-κC,P}2(μ-3,5-dmpz)2]
(3b) with AgClO4 renders [{Pd2(CH2C6H4P(o-tolyl)2-κC,P)2(μ3-3,5-dmpz-N,N
‘
,C
4)2Ag(η2-μ2-ClO4)}2] (5), a palladium/silver compound with an unprecedented dmpz bridging ligand η1-bonded to the Ag centers, a coordination mode involving only the C4 atom of each dmpz
ligand.