The title compound crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21, with a= 8·629(5), b= 10·755(8), c= 11·116(9)Å, β= 107·2(1)°, and Z= 2. The structure has been determined from diffractometer data by Patterson and Fourier methods and refined to R 0·048 for 1967 independent non-zero reflections. The crystals are built up of discrete molecules, the palladium atom having approximate square planar geometry, with the two nitrogen atoms mutually trans. Bond distances are : Pd–O 2·094, Pd–N(1)(imine) 2·037, Pd–N(2)(amine) 2·090, and Pd–C(16) 1·981 Å.