| Abstract: | The present paper deals with a new class of inorganic coordination compounds, the first member of which, tetrakis(trifluorophosphine)nickel(0), was discovered in 1951. Not only have the neutral metal(0) trifluorophosphines been prepared, but also a number of their derivatives (trifluorophosphinemetal hydrides and trifluorophosphinemetallates, as well as nitrosyl, carbonyl, halogeno, and aromatic trifluorophosphine complexes). These compounds have been characterized by their chemical behavior and by spectroscopic and magnetochemical studies. Trifluorophosphine has the strongest π-acceptor properties of all neutral ligands, and is therefore particularly suitable for the stabilization of unusually low oxidation states (zero and negative) of transition metals. |
