Phosphine complexes of the early metals and the lanthanoids

Abstract

. The coordination chemistry of the mixed-donor tridentate ligand _N(SiMe2CH2PR2)2 with the early transition metals of groups 3 and 4 and the lanthanide elements will be presented. This ancillary ligand has allowed for the formation of phosphine complexes of these hard elements which has in turn induced new reactivity patterns for hydrocarbyl ligands. © 1991 IUPAC