On the basis of a protocol from 1964 on the reaction of K 2 PdCl 4 , triphenylcyclopropenium chloride, and ethylene, the product was now identified as a Pd 6 Cl 8 cluster capped by μ 3 -η 1 :ηThe ligand is formed in a two-step reaction involving first the partial reduction of Pd(II) to Pd(0) by ethylene and second the ring-opening oxidative addition of the cyclopropenium ion, leading to a rare binding mode with one allyl and two alkyl bonds. Although the structure was not recognized at that time, this compound represents the first isolated organometallic Pd cluster compound.