Scientists in the US have reported a series of novel tris-diphosphane complexes that use a unique diphosphane constructed from elemental phosphorus. The synthesis combines a simple synthesis of the binucleating ligand together with the efficient self assembly of a novel class of elaborate dinuclear metal complexes. The cages that form are stable during ligand substitution at the axial positions so they could be used as components of coordination polymers and supramolecular structures.
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Bicyclic Dinuclear tris-(Ditopic Diphosphane) Complexes of Zerovalent Group 10 Metals
Daniel Tofan and C Cummins
Chem. Sci., 2012, Accepted Manuscript, DOI: 10.1039/C2SC20559A
