Unusual carbon–sulfur bond cleavage in the reaction of a new type of bulky hexathioether with a zerovalent palladium complex†
Abstract
The reaction of a bulky hexathioether, TbtS(o-Phen)S(o-Phen)SS(o-Phen)S(o-Phen)STbt (o-Phen = o-phenylene, Tbt = 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl) (1), with 3 molar amounts of Pd(PPh3)4 afforded trinuclear palladium complex 4 bridged by two benzenedithiolato