Unique ligand imposed distortions in a nickel(II) 1,5,9-triphospha- cyclododecane complex

Abstract

1,5,9-Triethyl-1,5,9-triphosphacyclododecane ([12]aneP₃Et₃, L) reacts with NiBr₂ to afford the salt [NiLBr]Br which is shown by X-ray crystallography to have an unusually distorted structure as a result of constraints imposed by the ligand L.

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