New cyclometallated precursors of unsubstituted N-phenylpyrazole [{Pd(phpz)(μ-X)}2] (X = AcO or OH) and study of their reactivity towards selected ligands.

A new acetate-bridged dinuclear palladacycle with unsubstituted N-phenylpyrazole [{Pd(phpz)(μ-AcO)}(2)] 1 has been isolated and characterised, including an X-ray diffraction study. A survey of the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD) v. 5.