Cover Feature: Solution and Solid‐State Ligand K‐Edge XAS Studies of PdCl2 Diphosphine Complexes with Phenyl and Cyclohexyl Substituents (Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 20‐21/2018)

The Cover Feature is a cartoon showing Pd2+ looking online for its most covalent match with diphosphines. In this featured article, solution and solid‐state P K‐edge XAS studies and supporting DFT calculations are reported to quantify differences in Pd–P covalency as a function of diphosphine bite angle and substituents attached to phosphorus. The solid‐state XAS results show that the diphosphine backbone length has the same relative influence on Pd–P orbital‐mixing regardless of phosphorus substituents. In contrast, structural influences on Pd–P bonding are attenuated in solution. More information can be found in the Full Paper by J. M. Keith, S. R. Daly et al.