A terminal palladium fluoride complex supported by an anionic PNP pincer ligand

A terminal palladium (II) fluoride complex ((PNP)-P-F)PdF (where (PNP)-P-F is a an anionic fluoro-substituted diarylamido/bis(phosphine) pincer ligand) has been prepared and characterized spectroscopically and structurally An X-ray diffraction study revealed an approximately square-planar environment about Pd and a short Pd-F bond distance ((PNP)-P-F)PdF reacted with silanes containing electron-withdrawing groups on Si by exchange of fluoride with one of the substituents on Si An analysis of the F-19 chemical shifts of both the Pd-bound fluoride and of the fluorines on the backbone of the (PNP)-P-F ligand is provided (C) 2010 Elsevier B V All rights reserved