Bis-Phosphinimino-Silanes as Bidentate Ligands to Metal Alkyls

Abstract
Bis-trimethylphosphinimino-dimethylsilane has been shown to react with dimethyl and diethyl zinc as well as with dimethyl cadmium (not with dimethyl mercury) forming crystalline 1:1 complexes, in which the phosphinimin is acting as a 1,3-bidentate ligand to the tetracoordinate metal atoms.
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