cis-Dichloro(2-diphenylphosphinoethylamine-N,P)palladium(II)

The coordination geometry about the palladium(II) ion in [PdCl₂{Ph₂P(CH₂)₂NH₂}] is distorted square planar. Individual atoms are displaced from the PdCl₂PN coordination plane by no more than 0.094 Å, while in-plane distortion of the bond angles at the metal atom is more marked. The greater trans influence of phosphine over amine is reflected in the mean Pd-Cl bond lengths of 2.383, trans to P, and 2.293 Å, trans to N.

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