Novel access to carbodiphosphoranes in the coordination sphere of group 10 metals: template synthesis and protonation of PCP pincer carbodiphosphorane complexes of C(dppm)2

Novel access to carbodiphosphoranes in the coordination sphere of group 10 metals: template synthesis and protonation of PCP pincer carbodiphosphorane complexes of C(dppm)2:

Dalton Trans., 2012, Advance Article DOI: 10.1039/C2DT11949H, Paper

Christian Reitsamer, Silvia Stallinger, Walter Schuh, Holger Kopacka, Klaus Wurst, Dagmar Obendorf, Paul Peringer
The pincer carbodiphosphorane complexes [M(Cl)(C(dppm)₂-[small kappa]3P,C,P)]Cl are synthesized from MCl₂, dppm and CS₂ as the source of the central CDP carbon.

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