Pg. Edwards et al., UNIQUE LIGAND IMPOSED DISTORTIONS IN A NICKEL(II) 1,5,9-TRIPHOSPHACYCLODODECANE COMPLEX, Chemical communications, (5), 1998, pp. 545-546
1,5,9-Triethyl-1,5,9-triphosphacyclododecane ([12]ane-P3Et3, L) reacts
with NiBr2 to afford the salt [NiLBr]Br which is shown by X-ray cryst
allography to have an unusually distorted structure as a result of con
straints imposed by the ligand L.