Synthesis, characterization and X-ray structure of [Pd(dppp)(H2O)(TsO)][TsO] (dppp = 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphino)propane; TsO = p-CH3C6H4SO3), a catalytic species in COC2H4 copolymerization

The title complex was prepared by reacting Pd(AcO) 2 first with dppp and then with TsOH·H 2 O in MeOH at r.t. It is highly active in COC 2 H 4 copolymerization in MeOH. It has been characterized by IR and 1 H and 31 P NMR spectroscopies. The X-ray structure consists of a packing of monomeric palladium cations and tosylate anions in the ratio 1:1. The palladium atom is in rather distorted square coordination.