“…■ EXPERIMENTAL SECTION General Considerations. Literature procedures were employed for the syntheses of 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (dppb), 16 1,2,4,5-tetrakis(diphenylphosphino)benzene (tpbz), 17 disodium 1,2dicyano-ene-1,2-dithiolate (Na 2 (S 2 C 2 (CN) 2 ), Na 2 mnt), 18 4,5-dimethyl-1,3-dithiol-2-one, 19 4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-dithiol-2-one, 20 2,2-dimethyl-4,5-dicyano-1,3,2-dithiastannole ([(mnt)SnMe 2 ]), 21 2,2dimethyl-4,5-bis(4-methoxyphenyl)-1,3,2-dithiastannole ([(adt)-SnMe 2 ]), 20 2,2-dimethyl-4,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dithiastannole ([(mdt)-SnMe 2 ]), 22 2,2-di-n-butyl-4,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dithiastannole ([(mdt)-Sn n Bu 2 ]), 22 [Cl 2 M(dppb)] (M = Ni, 23 Pd 24 ), [NiCl 2 (dme)] 25 (dme = 1,2-dimethoxyethane), [Cl 2 Pt(μ-tpbz)PtCl 2 ], 26 [M(pdt) 2 ] 27 (pdt = 1,2-diphenyl-1,2-ethylenedithiolate; M = Ni, Pd, Pt), [PdCl 2 (cod)] (cod = 1,5-cyclooctadiene), 28 [(adt)Pd(dppb)], 15 tpbz)Pd(adt)] (18; adt = 1,2-di-p-anisyl-1,2-ethylenedithiolate). 15 All other reagents were purchased from commercial sources and used as received.…”