Bis{2-meth­oxy-6-[(E)-(4-methyl­benz­yl)imino­meth­yl]phenolato}palladium(II) chloro­form monosolvate

In the title complex, [Pd(C(16)H(16)NO(2))(2)]·CHCl(3), the Pd(II) cation lies on an inversion center. One Cl atom of the CHCl(3) solvent mol­ecule lies on a twofold axis and the C—H group is disordered with equal occupancies about this axis with the other Cl atom in a general position with full occupancy. The Pd(II) cation is four-coordinate and adopts a square-planar geometry via coordination of the imine N and phenolic O atoms of the two bidentate Schiff base anions. The N and O atoms of these ligands are mutually trans. The plane of the benzene ring makes a dihedral angle of 73.52 (10)° with that of the meth­oxy­phenolate ring. In the crystal, mol­ecules of the Pd(II) complex are arranged into sheets parallel to the ac plane, and the chloro­form solvent mol­ecules are located in the inter­stitial areas between the complex mol­ecules. Weak inter­molecular C—H⋯O and C—H⋯π inter­actions stabilize the packing.