Abstract New and versatile bis (oxamato) palladate (II) complexes of formula (n-Bu 4 N) 2 [Pd (2-Mepma) 2]· 4H 2 O (1a) and (n-Bu 4 N) 2 [Pd (4-Mepma) 2]· 2H 2 O· MeCN (1b)(n-Bu 4 N+= tetra-n-buthylammonium, 2-Mepma= N-2-methylphenyloxamate and 4-Mepma= N-4- methylphenyloxamate) have been synthesized and characterized by spectroscopic methods and single crystal X-ray diffraction. Each palladium (II) ion in 1a and 1b is four-coordinate ...
