“…Cyclic polythioether (crown thioether) ligands such as 1,4,7-trithiacyclononane (9S3) [1,2], 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexathiacyclooctadecane (18S6) [3], and 1,4,7-trithiacyclodecane (10S3) [4,5], reportedly complexed with a palladium(II) metal to give the corresponding five-or six-coordinate palladium(II) complexes, in which the four sulfur atoms are arranged in a square planar fashion around the palladium(II) atom and the other sulfur atoms weakly coordinate to the palladium(II) atom [Pd · · · S: 2.96-3.27Å] at the axial positions.…”