Cyclopentadienyl allyl palladium is an organopalladium compound with formula (C5H5)Pd(C3H5).

The molecule consists of a Pd centre sandwiched between a Cp and allyl ligands.

[1] This complex is produced by the reaction of allylpalladium chloride dimer with sodium cyclopentadienide:[1][2] The 18-electron complex adopts a half-sandwich structure with Cs symmetry, i.e., the molecule has a plane of symmetry.

The compound readily reacts with alkyl isocyanides to produce clusters with the approximate formula [Pd(CNR)2]n. It reacts with bulky alkyl phosphines to produce two-coordinated palladium(0) complexes:[3] The compound has been used to deposit thin film chemical vapor deposition of metallic palladium.

[4][5] MgCpBr (TiCp2Cl)2 TiCpCl3 TiCp2S5 TiCp2(CO)2 TiCp2Me2 VCpCh VCp2Cl2 VCp(CO)4 (CrCp(CO)3)2 Fe(η5-C5H4Li)2 ((C5H5)Fe(C5H4))2 (C5H4-C5H4)2Fe2 FeCp2PF6 FeCp(CO)2I CoCp(CO)2 NiCpNO ZrCp2ClH MoCp2Cl2 (MoCp(CO)3)2 RuCp(PPh3)2Cl RuCp(MeCN)3PF6