Abstract
The first example of an iridium(I) species bearing a terminal phosphido (PR2 −) ligand is reported. This stable compound shows well-behaved reactivity toward various electrophiles, owing to its exposed phosphorus lone pair, allowing reversible protonation, selective alkylation, isolation of a phosphidoborane of iridium, and generation of a phosphido-bridged iridium- (I)−gold(I)
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