PalladiumII Complexes of the (N,C,N)SnCl Stannylene

The reactions of heteroleptic stannylene (N,C,N)SnCl ( 1 ), where N,C,N is an abbreviation for N,C,N-chelate 2,6-(Me 2 NCH 2 ) 2 C 6 H 3, with selected palladium complexes resulted in new Sn II −Pd II complexes in which 1 itself acts as a 2 e -donor ligand, resulting in a Cl−Pd II −Sn II −Cl structural motif, instead of a Pd II −Sn II −Cl 2, which would be expected in the case of insertion of 1 into a Pd II −Cl bond.