Bis-cyclooctatetraene tripalladium sandwich complexesElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: Experimental details of the preparation and characterization of 1-H2O. CCDC 904367 and 962478. For ESI and crystallographic data in CIF or other electronic format see DOI: 10.1039/c3cc47515h

We report synthesis and structural characterization of bis-cyclooctatetraene trinuclear palladium sandwich complexes. The non-planar cyclooctatetraene ligands flank an isosceles Pd 3 triangle, which is supported by one equatorial ligand. We report synthesis and structural characterization of bis-cyclooctatetraene trinuclear palladium sandwich complexes. The non-planar cyclooctatetraene ligands flank an isosceles Pd 3 triangle, which is supported by one equatorial ligand.