Cyclic Metallophosphines via an Unexpected Series of Metal-Mediated P-C and C-C Bond Rearrangements

Mihir L Bhowmik1,2, Md Abdullah Al Mamun1, Vladimir N Nesterov3

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh.

Inorganic Chemistry
|September 22, 2025
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