Intramolecular reduction of the nitro group into phosphoraneimine mediated by a rhenium(v) complex. Synthesis and structure of the novel phosphoraneimine oxorhenium(v) complex [ReOCl{o-(PPh3
N)C6H4(NCH2CH2N(CH2CO2H)CH2CO2)}]
Abstract
The title compound was synthesised via an unexpected intramolecular