Bis[2-phenyl-1-(phenyl-iminio)isoindo-line] di-µ-chlorido-bis-[dichloridopalladate(II)] benzene disolvate.

ABSTRACT

In the title compound, (C(20)H(17)N(2))(2)[Pd(2)Cl(6)]·2C(6)H(6), the dichloride-bridged [Pd(2)Cl(6)](2-) anion lies across an inversion center with each Pd(II) ion in a slightly distorted square-planar environment. In the crystal structure, two cations and an anion are connected via N-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds between the NH groups of the iminioisoindoline cations and terminal Cl atoms of a hexa-chloridodipalladate(II) anion. The Pd-Cl distance of the terminal chloride engaged in hydrogen bonding is slightly longer than the Pd-Cl distance of the adjacent terminal chloride which is not involved in hydrogen bonding.