D. Colombokather et al., UNUSUAL PHOSPHORUS TRIPODAL NICKEL-COMPLEX AND RELATED LINEAR TRINICKEL COMPLEX - SYNTHESIS AND X-RAY STRUCTURES, Bulletin de la Societe chimique de France, 131(7), 1994, pp. 733-741
The reaction of the tripodal phosphonotrihydrazone (S)P[NMe-N=CH-C6H4-
o-OH]3 with nickel acetate resulted in the formation of an original 2:
3 complex (2 phosphono trihydrazone/3 Ni) which was characterized by X
-ray diffraction. This complex possesses the unique framework (N)2Ni(0
)2Ni(0)2Ni(N)2, which is also observed for a minor compound obtained i
n the reaction of phosphonodihydrazone Ph-P(S)[NMe-N=CH-C6H3-o-OH, p-O
H]2 with nickel acetate. Bond lengths and angles of both complexes are
compared with the corresponding data of free phosphono di- and tri-hy
drazones.