The oxidative addition of lodomethane to [PdMe 2 (bpy)] and the X-ray structure of the organopalladium( IV ) product fac-[PdMe 3 (bpy)l](bpy = 2,2′-bipyridyl)

Oxidative addition of iodomethane to dimethyl(2,2′-bipyridyl)palladium(II) in acetone has resulted in isolation of the first hydrocarbylpalladium(IV) complex, fac-trimethyl(2,2′-bipyridyl)iodopalladium(IV); the complex has been structurally characterized, and reductively eliminates ethane in solution to form methyl(2,2′-bipyridyl)idodpalladium(II).