Chlorido[2,3,5,6-tetra­kis­(tert-butyl­sulfanylmeth­yl)phenyl-κ(3) S (2),C (1),S (6)]palladium(II) dichloro­methane monosolvate

The title compound, [Pd(C(26)H(45)S(4))Cl]·CH(2)Cl(2), crystallizes with a disordered dichloro­methane solvent mol­ecule [occupancy ratio = 0.67 (4):0.33 (4)]. Two of the tert-butyl groups are also disordered [occupancy ratios = 0.70 (5):0.30 (5) and 0.63 (4):0.37 (4)]. Although the pincer ligand offers the possibility for coordination of two different metal atoms, the present structure shows only the coordination of a single Pd(II) atom in a typical S—C—S tridentate pincer manner. The Pd(II) atom is in a slightly distorted square-planar environment with the two tert-butyl­sulfanyl groups arranged in a trans con­formation and with a chloride ligand trans to the σ-bonded aromatic C atom. The structure exhibits a durene-like ligand frame, forming a dihedral angle of 13.6 (4)° with the metal coordination (Pd/S/S/Cl/C) environment. It is noteworthy that the tert-butyl groups are found in a syn arrangement, this being different to that found previously by Loeb, Shimizu & Wisner [(1998). Organometallics, 17, 2324–2327].