The Oxidative Addition of Iodomethane to [PdMe2(bpy)] and the X-Ray Structure of the Organopalladium(IV) Product fac-[PdMe3(bpy)l] (bpy = 2,2'-bipyridyl)

Oxidative addition of iodomethane to dimethyl(2,2'-bipyridyl)palladium(II) in acetone has resulted in isolation of the first hydrocarbylpalladium(IV) complex, fac-trimethyl(2,2'-bipyridyl)iodopalladium(IV); the complex has been structurally characterized, and reductively eliminates ethane in solution to form methyl(2,2'-bipyridy1)iodopalladium(II)