2134/15946 Allen T. Ekubo Allen T. Ekubo Mark Elsegood Mark Elsegood Andrew Lake Andrew Lake Martin Smith Martin Smith Unusual metal-coordinated zwitterionic P-C-N-C-N-C phosphido adducts Loughborough University 2014 untagged Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified Inorganic Chemistry 2014-09-26 14:12:16 Journal contribution https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Unusual_metal-coordinated_zwitterionic_P-C-N-C-N-C_phosphido_adducts/9393929 Rare examples of homodinuclear zwitterionic PdII and PtII complexes with bridging, two-coordinate P{cyclo-CH2N(R)CHN- (R)CH2} ligands (R = 4-FC6H4CH2, C6H5CH2) have been characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction using synchrotron radiation. Short N-C distances and enlarged N-C-N bond angles support electron delocalization in the central N-C-N backbone.