An organometallic compound with Z′ = 4: {2-[2-(benzyl­idene­amino)phenyl]-1,2-bis­(methoxy­carbonyl)ethenyl-κ²C¹,N}iodo­(triphenyl­phosphine-κP)palladium(II)

The title compound, [Pd(C₁₉H₁₇NO₄)I(C₁₈H₁₅P)], crystallizes with four independent mol­ecules in the asymmetric unit. The main difference between the mol­ecules is the disposition of the PPh₃ ligand, for which in each mol­ecule one ring is perpendicular to the ligand plane, but may be directed in either direction away from the plane; of the four mol­ecules, two represent each possible direction. The independent mol­ecules are arranged to form a chain parallel to [101] with an approximate translation of (a+c)/4 between successive mol­ecules, excluding the PPh₃ rings. This leads to a systematic weakness of the reflections with h + l ≠ 4n.