title: The truly symmetrical doubly-bridging mode of trimethylphosphine in a dinuclear rhodium complex.
abstract: The dinuclear complex [Rh2I2(mu-CPh2)2(mu-PMe3)] was prepared from the Rh2(acac)2 counterpart and Me3SiI and shown crystallographically to contain the PMe3 ligand in a truly symmetrical bridging position; a new synthetic route to migrate more bulky phosphines such as PPh3 and PiPr3 from a terminal into a bridging site is also described.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pechmann
authors.forename: Carsten D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Werner