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The Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of a Series of Ruthenium N-triphosPh Complexes
Published on: April 10, 2015
The truly symmetrical doubly-bridging mode of trimethylphosphine in a dinuclear rhodium complex
Thomas Pechmann1, Carsten D Brandt, Helmut Werner
1Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
Abstract:
The dinuclear complex [Rh2I2(mu-CPh2)2(mu-PMe3)] was prepared from the Rh2(acac)2 counterpart and Me3SiI and shown crystallographically to contain the PMe3 ligand in a truly symmetrical bridging position; a new synthetic route to migrate more bulky phosphines such as PPh3 and PiPr3 from a terminal into a bridging site is also described.
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