It is also possible to use this data to estimate the Pd-C bond strength, or more technically the heterolytic bond dissociation free energy defined in equation ( ), of the Pdcyanomethyl complex. This Pd-C bond cleavage will actually occur as shown in equation (10), since the [LPd] 2+ fragment will bind another molecule of free solvent. Equation ( ) in turn can be described as the difference between equation ( ) and equations ( ) and ( ). The thermodynamic equivalence of equations ( ) and ( ) is evident in the equivalence of their