A triangulo palladium cluster consisting of μ3-capping silyl ligandsThis article is part of the 'Emerging Investigators' themed issue for ChemComm.Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details and NMR spectra. CCDC 764799. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c002435j

We report on the utility of multifunctional, κ 1 Si :κ 3 S -coordinated tris(methimazolyl)silanide ligands [Si(mt Me ) 3 ] − for the stabilisation of a triangulo palladium cluster [Pd 3 {Si(mt Me ) 3 } 2 ] ( 3 ) consisting of very unusual μ 3 -capping SiR 3 donors. Differences to the corresponding platinum chemistry were supported by NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. We report on the utility of multifunctional, κ 1 Si :κ 3 S -coordinated tris(methimazolyl)silanide ligands [Si(mt Me ) 3 ] − for the stabilisation of a triangulo palladium cluster [Pd 3 {Si(mt Me ) 3 } 2 ] ( 3 ) consisting of very unusual μ 3 -capping SiR 3 donors.