The com
plexes (R'
2PC
2H
4PR'
2)Pd(C
2H
4) (R' =
iPr,
tBu) react with R
3SnH (R = Me,
nBu) bydis
placement of the ethene ligand and oxidative addition of the Sn-H bond to generate thechelating
phos
phane stabilized
cis Pd
II hydrido stannyl com
plexes (R'
2PC
2H
4PR'
2)PdH(SnR
3)(R' =
iPr (
1),
tBu (
2)). Com
plex
1a (R' =
iPr, R = Me), containing the smallest substituents,is only transiently formed but has been detected at -80
C by NMR s
pectrosco
py. It reactsfurther with Me
3SnH, even at -120
C, by eliminating hydrogen to give (d
ippe)Pd(SnMe
3)
2(
3). In contrast, the isolated (d
ippe)PdH(Sn
nBu
3) (
1b) is briefly stable at ambient tem
perature,whereas the sterically encumbered s
pecies (d
tb
pe)PdH(SnR
3) (R = Me (
2a),
nBu (
2b)) arestable well above 100
C. The molecular structure of
2a has been determined by X-raycrystallogra
phy. Com
plex
2a reacts with 2 equiv of C
2R' '
2 (R' ' = CO
2Me) to give (d
tb
pe)Pd(C
2R' '
2) (
4) and
predominantly the corres
ponding (
E)-vinylstannane (
E)-(R' ')(H)C=C(SnMe
3)(R' ') (
E-5). Since
2a also catalyzes the hydrostannation of the alkyne, the
cis Pd
II hydridostannyl com
plexes
1a,b and
2a,b re
present tra
pped intermediates in the Pd-catalyzedhydrostannation of alkynes. The existence of the com
plexes also sheds light on the mechanismof the Pd-catalyzed degradation of R
3SnH into Sn
2R
6 and H
2.