Synthesis of coordinatively unsaturated diphosphine nickel(<scp>II</scp>) and palladium(<scp>II</scp>)β-agostic ethyl cations: X-ray crystal structure of [Ni{Bu<sup>t</sup><sub>2</sub>P(CH<sub>2</sub>)<sub>2</sub>PBu<sup>t</sup><sub>2</sub>}(C<sub>2</sub>H<sub>5</sub>)][BF<sub>4</sub>]

Fiona M. Conroy-Lewis, Laura Mole, Alan D. Redhouse, Stephen A. Litster, John L. Spencer

Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications · 1991 · 67 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Protonation of [M(L2)(η2-C2H4)](L2= chelating diphosphine; M = Ni, Pd) with HBF4 affords a series of cations [M(L2)(C2H5)]+ characterized as β-agostic ethyl complexes by NMR spectroscopy and X-ray structure analysis.

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