Crystal structure of a dicationic Pd(II) dimer containing a 2-[(diisopropylphosphanyl)methyl]quinoline-8-thiolate pincer ligand

A dicationic Pd(II) dimer, bis{2-[(diisopropylphosphanyl)methyl]quinoline-8-thiolato}palladium(II) bis(hexafluoridoantimonate) dichloromethane monosolvate, [Pd(2)(C(32)H(42)N(2)P(2)S(2))](SbF(6))(2)·CH(2)Cl(2), containing a 2-[(diisopropylphos­phanyl)methyl]quinoline-8-thiolate pincer ligand, was isolated and its crystal structure determined. The title compound crystallizes in the ortho­rhom­bic space group Pbca. A dimeric structure is formed by bridging coordination of the S atoms. The geometry of the butterfly-shaped Pd(2)S(2) core is bent, with a hinge angle of 108.0 (1)° and a short Pd⋯Pd distance of 2.8425 (7) Å. These values are the lowest measured compared to ten dicationic dimers with a Pd(2)S(2) core featuring sulfur atoms embedded in a chelating ligand. One of the two hexa­fluorido­anti­monate anions is disordered over two sets of positions with site-occupancy factors of 0.711 (5) and 0.289 (5). The crystal structure is stabilized by many C—H⋯F and C—H⋯π inter­actions, forming a supra­molecular network.