Tris(2-pyridyl)phosphine as a versatile ligand for pnictogen acceptors

Riccardo Suter1, Hannah Sinclair1, Neil Burford1

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3 V6, Canada. nburford@uvic.ca.

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