Abstract
Nucleophilic fragmentation reactions of neutral P-chalcogenides with alkali metal salts and subsequent metatheses with hydrated transition metal salts are illustrated by a case study which produced [Ni{ArP(OH)S
2}
2(thf)
2] (
1) (Ar
=
4-anisyl), [Ni{PhP(OH)Se
2}
2(thf)
2] (
2) and [Ni{P(OH)
2S
2}
2(thf)
4] (
3).
The preparation, characterisation and X-ray structures of the three Ni(II) salts [Ni{ArP(OH)S
2}
2(thf)
2] (
1) (Ar
=
4-anisyl), [Ni{PhP(OH)Se
2}
2(thf)
2] (
2) and [Ni{P(OH)
2S
2}
2(thf)
4] (
3) are reported.