Stabilization of bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) by chloride ions. Electrochemical generation of highly reactive zerovalent palladium complexes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0022-328X(89)87132-3

"Pd⁰(PPh3)2" has been generated by electroreduction of Cl2Pd(PPh3)2 in the absence of PPh3.Its structure is consistent with xPd⁰(PPh3)2>_n^nx-, with values of x and/or n depending on the chloride ion