Michael A. Beswick, Jonathan M. Goodman, Alexander D. Hopkins, Michael A. Paver, Paul R. Raithby, Andrew E. H. Wheatley and Dominic S. Wright
All of the Me2NH produced by the reaction of [Sb(NMe2)3] with CyP(H)Li (Cy = C6H11) coordinates the Li+ cations of the product [Sb(PCy)3]2Li6·6HNMe2·2C6H5Me 1; the complex contains the first example of a group 15 metal phosphinidine anion {[Sb(PR)3]3–}.