Supplementary Material (ESI) for Chemical Communications This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2002 Selected analytical data for 3: ESI-MS (THF/MeOH 1:1) of 3 bearing an average of 2 Cl and 6 Br ligands: m/z: [M-2Cl]2+, 3991.2, [M-Cl-[O3SO(CH2)6SiMe2NCNPdCl]]2+, 3723.8 [M-2[O3SO(CH2)6SiMe2NCNPdCl]]2+, 3455.7 [M-3Cl]3+, 2634.4 [M-2Cl-2Br]4+, 1956.1 El. anal., cald. for C376H516Cl8N24O48Pd8S8Si9: C 58.01, H 6.68, N 4.32; found: C 57.88 H 6.61, N 4.31. Table 4. Selected IR data for 1, 2, 2a and 3a.a 2a 3a 3049 – 3000 (w) 3130 – 3000 (m) (sp C–H str) 3 3000 – 2803 (m) 3000 – 2820 (m) (sp C–H str) 1597 (m) (ArC=C str) 1468 (m) 1454 (m) 1279 (m) (O=S=O str) 1263 (m) 1267 (m) 1152 (s) 1159 (s) (Ar–O–C str) 1194 (s) 1192 (s) (B–F str) 1096 (s) b 1059 (s) b a -1 All compounds were measured in a pellet of KBr. The absorption of wavenumber (in cm ) is denoted relatively towards the other peaks in the spectrum as strong (s), medium (m), or weak (w). b Obscured absorption bands because of signal overlap. 2 1 3013 – 3000 (m) 3000 – 2820 (m) 1595 (s) 1451 (m) - 2 3090 – 3000 (w) 3000 – 2787 (s) 1468 (m) 1250 (s) 1223 (s) -