“…For example, depending on the steric bulk of the auxiliary tertiary phosphine, planar palladium(II) complexes PdBr(2-C 6 H 4 PPh 2 )(PR 3 ) are either mononuclear, containing κ 2 -2-C 6 H 4 PPh 2 (I), for PR 3 = PPh 3 or PCy 3 , or dinuclear, containing μ 2 -2-C 6 H 4 PPh 2 (II), for PR 3 = PMe 3 ; for PR 3 = PMe 2 Ph, both structures coexist in solution. 2,3 In the case of palladium(II) with 2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2 , two complexes of the same composition, PdX(2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2 ) (X = Cl, Br), have been isolated: (III) is dinuclear with bridging halides and κ 2 -2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2 , 4,5 whereas (IV) is tetranuclear, with bridging halides and μ 2 -2-C 6 F 4 PPh 2 ; 6 (IV) appears to be thermodynamically more stable. Dipalladium(I) complexes are of continuing interest in view of their possible involvement, either directly or as precursors to Pd(0), in catalyzed C-C couplings such as the SuzukiMiyaura reaction.…”