Platinum(II) and palladium(II) complexes of cholesteryl diphenyl- and diethyl-phosphinite; the X-ray structure of bis(cholesteryl diethylphosphinite)-dichloropalladium(II)

Abstract

Palladium(II) and platinum(II) complexes of cholesteryl diphenylphosphinite, PPh₂(O-chl), and cholesteryl diethylphosphinite, PEt₂(O-chl), have been synthesised; the X-ray structure of [PdCl₂{PEt₂(O-chl)}₂] shows that though the phosphinites are trans-, the cholesteryl substituents are folded back in the same direction.