Three pendant benzamidines, [Ph-C(=NC(6)H(5))-{NH(E)}] [E = -(CH(2))(2)SMe (1); -(CH(2))(2)S(t)Bu (2); -o-C(6)H(4)SMe (3)], are described. Reactions of 1, 2 or 3 with one molar equivalent of Pd(OAc)(2) in CH(2)Cl(2) give the palladacyclic complexes, [Ph-C{-NH(η(1)-C(6)H(4))}{=N(E)}]Pd(OAc) [E = -(CH(2))(2)SMe (4); -(CH(2))(2)S(t)Bu (5); -o-C(6)H(4)SMe (6)], as mononuclear palladium complexes re...