Palladium
Palladium(II)

Palladium(II) chloride is the principal starting material for other palladium compounds. It arises by the reaction of palladium with chlorine. It is used to prepare heterogeneous palladium catalysts such as palladium on barium sulfate, palladium on carbon, and palladium chloride on carbon. Solutions of PdCl in nitric acid react with acetic acid to give palladium(II) acetate, also a versatile reagent. PdCl reacts with ligands (L) to give square planar complexes of the type PdCl L. One example of such complexes is the benzonitrile derivative PdCl (PhCN).

The complex bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) dichloride is a useful catalyst.
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