The reaction of KzPdC14 and 1,lO-phenanthroline in aqueous solution gives a quantitative yield of Pd(phen)C12. The rate is first order in palladium complex and first order in phenanthroline. There are a t least three routes to the product; phenanthroline attacks PdCLZ-(kz = 2.23 M-' sec-lat 25') and Pd(Hz0)Cla-(Kz = 71 M-' sec-') as well as one or more hydroxo complexes ( k~ > 100 M-' sec-I). The reaction is unusually slow and insensitive to the basicity of phenanthroline and to whether or not it is protonated. Both associative (A) and dissociative interchange ( I d ) mechanisms are considered in analyzing the data. CONTRIBUTION FROM THE EVANS CHEMICAL LABORATORY, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210 Arsenic-Sulfur Polydentate Ligands. I. Palladium(I1) Complexes of Bis [phenyl(othiomethylphenyl)arsino]propane and Bis [phenyl(o-thiomethylpheny1)arsinolethane Syntheses of two potentially quadridentate arsenic-sulfur ligands, l,3-bis[phenyl(o-thiomethylphenyl)arsino] propane (C3) and 1,2-bis[phenyl(o-thiomethylphenyl)arsinol ethane (CZ) are described. A variety of palladium(I1) complexes of these two ligands have been prepared and structural assignments have been made on the basis of synthetic reactions, conductance, electronic spectra, molecular weight, and pmr data.(1) Pd(C,)X2