The first PdII complex of a non-heteroatom stabilised carbene ligand

Di(p-tolyl)diazomethane reacts with the tripyrrinate Trpy-PdOAcF 1 after activation with NaBArF to yield the first stable Pd-II complex 2 of a non-Arduengo, type carbene ligand, which could be characterised by X-ray crystallography.