A convenient source of the di-Schiff-base binucleating ligand, L3 4", derived formally from the condensation of 2 equiv of 2amino-4,6-di-/erf-butylphenol with 1 equiv of 2-mercapto-5-methylisophthalaldehyde is provided by the S-protected ligand precursor, III, which with Pd(CH3CD2)2 gave LPd2(CH3C02) in a one-pot reaction (L3" = C37H47N202S3•). Reaction of triphenylphosphine with LPd2(CH3C02) in refluxing toluene led to the oxidation of one Schiff base side arm to a benzoxazole, as in complex IV, represented as LbPd(PPh3) (in which Lb2" = C37H44N202S2*), whose structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction.The crystals of C55H6lN202PSPd were rhombohedral, space group 3, with a = 27.540 (4) Á, a = 117.38®, and Z = 6. The structure was refined to R = 0.059 and Rw = 0.071 by using 6496 (/ > 3 (/)) unique reflections. The X-ray study revealed the previously unsuspected benzoxazole residue. LhPd(PPh3) was made deliberately by oxidation with lead tetraacetate of (LH)-Pd(PPh3) (V) (LH2" = C37H48N202S2-), which was obtained by reaction of the ligand precursor, III, with 1 equiv each of Pd(CH3C02)2 and triphenylphosphine. Reaction of AgC104 either with (LH)Pd(PPh3) (Ag in excess) or with LbPd(PPh3) gave [LbPdAg(PPh3)]2(C104)2, characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction: Cil0H|22Ag2Cl2N4O12P2Pd2S2-~12.5H2O, monoclinic, space group P2Jn, a = 13.416 (3) A, b = 25.397 (5) A, c = 16.940 (3) A, ¡3 = 96.82 (2)°, Z = 2. The structure was refined to R = 0.067 and Rw = 0.065 by using 2584 (I > 2