Sterically Demanding Aminophosphines: Palladium and Gold Complexes of 1,2-Bis(dimesitylphosphanylamino)benzene

1,2-Bis(dimesitylphosphanylamino)benzene reacts with [PdCl2(NCMe)(2)] (1:1) or [AuCl(THT)] (THT = tetrahydrothiophene; 1:2 or 1:1) in dichloromethane to give dimeric, dinuclear complex trans-[PdCl2(1,2-{PMes(2)(NH)}(2)C6H4-kappa P-2,P')] (2) and trinuclear cationic complex [Au{1-PMes(2)(NH)-2-AuCl(PMes(2)NH)C6H4-kappa P-2,P']Cl (3). Compounds 1-3 were characterized by NMR spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.