Chiral heterobimetallic complexes of carbodiphosphoranes and phosphinidene–carbene adducts

Abstract

Heterobimetallic complexes derived from carbodiphosphoranes or phosphinidene-carbene adducts are reported, in which the central atom accepts two lone-pairs from two different donor ligands and - at the same time - donates two lone-pairs to two different metal centers. Therefore these complexes are carbogenic yet captodative chiral entities.