2005/09/07 by Annette Schier, Hubert Schmidbaur · 2 citations
Chemistry · #Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis #Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds #Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
paper · doi:10.1002/0470862106.ia177
openalex publication_date 2005/09/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14
Abstract Organophosphorus compounds of various types are among the most important classes of ligands in the coordination chemistry of the transition elements. This is particularly true for the tertiary phosphines R 3 P, which are known to stabilize complexes of metals in low oxidation states, while secondary and primary phosphines, R 2 HP and RPH 2 , are less common. The donor properties and the stereochemistry can be tuned by using carefully designed substitution patterns. More recently, organophosphorus compounds with low‐coordinate phosphorus atoms have also been employed as ligands in metal complexes. These include mainly phosphaalkenes and phosphaalkynes, phosphinidenes, diphosphenes, phosphinines, phosphonium cations, and even elemental phosphorus.